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PSALMS 

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DAVID, 

IMITATED  IN  THE  LaKGVACT.    CE  THE 

XT    E    W    *    T    2    %    T    A    M    E    N    T. 


PSALM      I.        Common   Metre. 
The  way  and  i>d  gf  the  righteous  anj  WICEJCB* 
2    T)  LES1   is  die*  an  who  fruns  thepla^ 
J3      where  fiBjffis  io\e  to  meet  j 
"V\  h  a  ad  their  v.  eked  wavjL 

And  hate*  me  iccirers  i'eac. 
sBstiach  the  Lord, 

Has  placed  hischief  del  got; 
£y  day  he  reads  or  hears  the  \vor<J, 
meditates  by  night. 

:  erf  generous  krtd 
waters  let, 

Enjoys  a  -C2.\-/alftate,  ]  '    ' 

4  C  ..  ever  fair 

OifBion  ftine  ^ 

A  i 


*  PSALMS, 

-■'Tin  ukfcduftf 

Or  ch  ftonn.  ' 

U  not  fiand 

at  his  right  h     I 
rusaplace.' 
7  tread, 

veil  j 
yrs  of  finners  lc2<d 
Down  to  the  gates  of  hell. 

?    S    A    1     M      I.        Short  Mitre, 

Tl?E  ■    THE    SINNER    .'.iitERAJlI* 


hot  takes  the  (corner's  place. 

...wof  God 

Amid  la& 

And  watch  .  p.. 

all  thrive, 
the  root  : 
i    his  name  fnall  iItc^ 
His  works  are  heatfnfy  rruif. 
;odl\  race. 

s  ind  : 
fee  empty  chaff 
Before  ,     .,  wind. 

«j  How  ,    ,r  co  ftand 

rnefct-feat, 
W  .ere  ali  the  rift's,  right-haall 

In  full  afiemblji  m? et  ? 
t  j  !  vnows  and  he  approves 

way  die  riga;eous  £o  5 
Jsu:  Arrers.  and  their  works  fhaJlmett 
A  dreadful  overthrow. 

PSALM      I.        Long  Metre. 

Tbi    d;ffijinci    between    the   rightxoos  ah» 

the    wickeh. 
I  APPY  the  man  whefe  cautious  feet 

Shun  the  b'oad  way  that  (inner1:  go, 
I  lates  the  place  where  Atheifts  ra*et^ 
And  fears  to  talk  as  feoffees  do. 
a  He  lovfts  t'emrdoy  his  morning-li^ht 
Among  the  folates  of  the  Lord  5 


p    S    A    L    M     I.  I 

Anafoecds  the  wakeful  hours  of  night, 

With  pieafuie  pend'ring  o'er  the  wcrifc 
2  He,  Hlte  a  plant  by  gentle  ftrearcs, 

S^alifi^urifh  in  immortal  green  j 

An  I  Wn  will  feine  with  kiadeft  h**** 

On  every  work  h:s  band  begin.  • 
A  But  finners  find  their  councils  croft  i 

As  chaff  before  the  terapeft  flies  : 

So  fhaU  their  hopes  be  blown  and  loft, 

When  the  laft  trumpet  makes  the  J*ie*> 
r  In  vain  che  reoels  feek  to  ftand 
■  in  iad'-nent  with  die-pious  race  j 

The  drcSl,  iudze  with  item  command 

Divides  him  to  a  different  p^ce. 
6  "  Strait  is  the  way  my  faints  have  trod, 

•«  I  bleft  the  path  and  drew  it  plain  ;         ^ 

&  But  you  would  chufe  the  crooked  road  3 

««  And  down  it  leads  to  endieis  pain. 

P    <k    A    L    M      II.        Short  Metre. 

inflated  acceding  to  ^^^^^o^ 
Christ  s  dying,  rising,  im*-^* 
retgning. 

1  li  yf  AKER  and  fov'reign  Lord 

JVL     Of  heav'n,  and  earth,  and  fcas, 
Thy  providence  confirms  thy  word, 
and  anlwers  thy  decrees, 
a  The  things  fo  long  foretold 

Bv  David,  are  fulnll  d,  _       vj. 
When  Jews  and  Gentiles  join  to  Ila? 
Jefus,   thine  only  child. 
,  Why  did  the  Gentiles  rage, 
And  Jews  with  one  accord 
Bend  all  their  councils  to  ueuroy 
Th1  annointed  of  the  Lord  ? 
a  Rulers  and  Kings  agree 
To  form  a- vain  defign  5 
/  *ainft  their  Lord  their  powers  wntt, 
Againft  his  Chrift  they  join.        - 

s  The  Lord  derides  their  rage, 
3       And  wiU  l'upport  his  throne  5 

Hethat  hath  railed  him  from  the  oea^ 
Kath  uwn'd  him  lor  aion. 

Pause- 

%  Now  he's  afcended  high, 

A  nd  afks  to  rule  the  e&rtfi  ; 
The  merit  of  h:s  blood  he  plead*}  &»* 

And  pleads  htf  Jwavenly  batt* 


PSALM*. 

7  HeaCcs,  ftnd  Gcd  bellows 
A  la  ace  5 

Far  as  the  v 

f- ,:  king  -  ..  ce. 

S  The  nations  thsft 

Muit  reel  hi;  ii  an   rod  $ 
Ke'ii  vindicate  thdie  h 
Which  he  receives,  from  Gvc. 
§  [  Be  \v  ie  ye  ruie,i;  now, 

And  worihip  at  his  throne  j 
With  trembling  joy,  yepeoplej   bow 
To  Gods  e%caKed  Soft. 
HO  Ii  once  his  wrath  ar tie, 
Ye  peri/h  on  the  place  } 
Then  il  ,hat  file*. 

For  reiuge  to  his  grace.-] 

P    S    A    L    M      II.        Common  Met«» 
£  ^ITHY  did  the  nations  join  to  flay 
*    V        1  he  Lord's  anointed  Son  ? 
$Vhy  did  they  ca*ft  his  laws  away, 
And  tread  hi:,  golpei  down  ? 
3  The  Lord  that  fits  above  the  Ikies, 
De  ides  cheir  rage  below, 
He  fpeaks  with  vengeance  in  hrs  eyejj 
And  ftrikes  their  fpirits  through. 

3  "  I  call  him  mv  eternal  Son, 

"  And  raiie  him  trom  the  cead  j 
**  I  make  myJholy  hid  his  thi   ne, 
"  AnJ  Wide  his  kingi...;n  oiead. 

4  <f  ^Afk  me,   my  for.,  and  then  en.oy 

The  u-tmoft  heathen  ianjs  : 
•'  Thy  rod  or  iron  fhall  deftroy 
"  1  he  rebel  that  w  thftands.1? 
sj  Be  wife,  ye  rulers  or  the  earth, 
Obey  ch'  anointed  Lord, 
Adore  the  king  of  heavenly  birth- 
And tremble  ac  his  w~  -d. 
4  With  humble  love  addreis  his  throne^ 
For  ii"  he  ir  wn,  ye  die  ; 
Thofe  are  fecujre,  andthoie  ajone, 
Who  on  his.  tj,r  ce  rejy. 

PSALM      II.        Long  Metre. 

«HR7ST'S   DlATMj     RESURRECTION,    AND    ASC1K31CK, 

2  \7[/'HX  did  the  ^%vs  proclaim  their  rage  ? 
y      «    The  P-omans  why  thea    iwords  esopioy  > 

J**.     .  »»ied»*dtjticy  ? 


P    3    A    L.    M      IT,. 

4  •*  Come  Jet:  us  b  «ak  his  bands  they  faya 

«•'  This  man  ilia!    never  give  as LWS5;* 

And  thus  they  c.  t  te  aw*y, 

And  naii'd  the  monarch  to  rhe  cro.s. 
j:  6a':  God  who  high  in  giojry  reigns, 

Laughs  at  thfeir  pride,   cm,;  rage  c  ntroula  g 

He'd  vex  .her  hearts  wich  inward  pains> 

And  fpeak  :n  thunder  co  the..-  fouls* 

4  "  I  wiJJ  maintain  theldng  I  made 
"   Oa  Zron's  ev^riaftmg  hillr; 

','  My  hand  /hall  bring  him  from  the  dead/ 
"  And  he  lhali  "can-;  your  lov'reign  ftiil."   « 

5  **  His  wond'rons  riling  from  the  earth 
"  Makes  his  eternal  Godhead  known  ; 

"  The  Lord  dechres  h;s  heavenly  birch  3 
'  "  This  day  I  have  begot  my  ibii»  ! 
€  "  Afcend  my  fon  to  my  right-hand, 
_i(  There  thru  {hall  aJk,  and  I'll  bellow 
**  The  utmoft  bounds  or  He  then  lands  J 
"To  thee  the  Morthern  iP.es  .ha.ituw."jf 
7  But  nations  that  reiirt  his  grace 
Shall  fall  beneath  his  iron  (fctofce  ; 
His  rod  fhall  crufh  his  toes  with  eafe^ 
As  pstter's  earthen  ware  is  broke. 
Pause. 
%  Now  ye  that  fit  on  earthly  chrones, 

Be  wiie,  and  ferve  the  L  ipd,     the  Lamb> 
,  Now  to  his  fee:  lir  crowns, 

Rejoice  and  tremble  at  his  name. 
9  With  humble  love  aidrefs  the  Son, 
La1  he  grew  angry,    a   d  ye  uie  ; 
His  wrath  will  b"u  ■    .  -.unknown, 

Jf  ye  provoke  hisjealoufy. 
50  Kis  ftorms    ihall  drive  you  quick  to  helL, 
He  is  a  God,  and  ye  Dot   lu.'l : 
Happy  the  fouls  that  knew  him  well, 
And  make  his  grace  their  only  truft. 

PSALM      III,         Common  Metre, 

BoUBTS  AND  FEARSSUPPREST,  OR  COD  0UR_D«7  KKcTi^ 

f x d m  Si n  a v b  Sat  a n . 
i   ~fo  /fY  God,    how  many  ire  my  fears  J 
rty  foe3  increaie  I 
Conspiring  my  eternal  death, 
They  break  mv  Drefpnt peace. 
%  The  lying  tempter  would  periuadg 
j's  no  relief  in  H^av'n, 
And  all  my  fwe  ling  fins  appeas 
Too  big  to  be  forgiv'n. 


t  PSALM     TIL 

3  But  thou,  my  glory  and  my  ftrength, 

Shale  on  the  .empter  tread, 
Shait  lilence  ail  my  chreatVing  guilty 
And  ra'.ie  my  drooping  head. 

4  [  1  cr/d,  and  from  his  holy  hill 

He  Dow'd  .  lift  ning  ear  j 
I  call'd  iuy  rather,  and  my  God, 
And  he  (ubduM  my  fear. 
«  He  ihed  ibr't  flumbers  on.  mine  eyes, 
In  lpite  oi"  aii  my  foes  ; 
I  'woke,  ani  wonder' d  at  the  grace, 
That  guar  Jed  my  repole.] 
$  What  tho'  the  hefts  of  death  and  heB 
All  arm'd  againft  me  fto^d, 
Terrors  no  more  ih  di  lhake  my  foul  $ 
My  rjeruge  is  my  God. 
7  Arife,  O  Lord,  fulfil  thy  grace, 
While  I  thy  glory  ling  : 
My  God  has  broke  the  ferpent's  teeth, 
'        And  death  has  loft  his  ibng. 
%  Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs, 
His  arm  ^lonc  can  fave  : 
Bleilings  attend  thy  people  here9 
And  reach  beyond  the  grave. 

PSALM      III.      1,  a,  3,  4,  5,  8.    Long  Mctw* 

A  MoRNijJR  Psalm. 

2  f\  LORD,  how  many  are  my  foes 

\_y      In  this  weak  'Lee  of.fieih  and  blood  ! 
My  peace  they  daily  dilcompofej 
But  my  defente  and  hope  j3  God. 
2.  Tir'd  wi;h  die  burthens  of  the  day, 
To  thee  I  rais'd  an  evening  cry  : 
Thou  heard'ft  vvr  en  1  1  e6uri  to  pray, 
And  thine  almighty  help  was  nigh. 

3  Supported  by  tiibie  heav  nly  aid 
I  la'id  me  down  and  flept  iecure  : 

Nor  death  fhould  make  my  heart  afraid, 
Though  I  fliould  wake  and  riie  no  more. 

4  But  God  iuftain'd  me  all  the  nighc  : 
Salvation  dech  to  Gun  belong  } 
He  rais'd  my  head  to  fee  the  light, 
And  makes  his  prail'e  my  morning  fong* 

PSALM      IV,       !,  2,  3,  5,  6,  fi    Long  Metre 
Hxahing   of   Prater,  or,  GOD   our  Por-iick,  amp 

Christ  our  Hope. 
3!  'f~\  GOD  of  gra:e  and  righteoufnefs, 
.    \Jf  Hear  and  attend  wiicn  I  complain  j 


PSALM      m 

ThGuhaft  enlarg'd  me  in  diftrefs, 

Bow  down  a  gracious  ear  again.  _^ 

■3,  Ye  fons  of  men,  in  vain  ye  try 

To  turn  my  glory  into  ihame  j 

How  long  will  fcoffers  love  to  lye, 

And  dare  reproach  my  faviour's  name? 
3  Know  that  the  Lord  divides  his  faints 

From  all  the  tribes  of  men  beftde  j 

He  hears  the  cry  of  penitents 

For  the  dear  fake  of  Chrift  that  dy'd 
a  When  our  obedient  hands  have  done 

A  thoufand  works  of  right'oufnefs, 

We  put  our  truft  in  God  alone, 

And  glory  in  his  pard'ning  grace, 

5  Let  the  unthinking  many  fay, 

"  Who  will  beftow  fome  earthly  good  ?" 
But,  Lord,  thy  light  and  love  we  pray  } 
Our  fouls  defire  this  heav'nly  food. 

6  Then  fhall  my  chearful  povvVs  rejoice 
At  grace  and  favours  lb  divine, 

Nor  will  I  change  my  happy  choke 
For  all  their  corn,  and  all  tleir  wine. 

P    S    A    L    M    IV.     3,  4,  c,  3.     Common  Met  e> 
An  Evening  Psalm. 
I  T    ORD,  thou  wiit  hear  me  when  I  pray  5 
X_d     I  am  for  ever  thine  j 
I  fear  before  the  all  the  day, 

Nor  would  I  dare  to  fin.  / 

ft  And  while  I  reft  my  weary  head 
From  cares  and  bus'nefs  free, 
*Tis  fweet  converfing  on  my  bed 
With  my  own  heart  and  thee. 
3  I  pay  this  ev'ning  facrifice  : 
And  when  my  work  is  done, 
Great  God  my  hope  and  faith  relies 
Upon  thy  grace  alone. 
4  Thus  with  my  thoughts  compos'd  to  peace$ 
FIJ  give  mine  eyes  to  fleep  ; 
Thy  hand  in  fafety  keeps  my  days, 
And  will  my  11  umbers  keep. 

PSALM      V.    ■ 

For  the  Lord's  Day  Mornin©> 
I  T    ORD  in  the  morning  thou  fhalt  hear 
JL/     My  voice  afcending  high  j 
To   thee  will  I  direft  my  pray'r, 
To  thee  lift  up  mine  eye. 
%  Up  to  the  hills  where  Chrift  Is  gone 
To  plead  for  all  Kis  faints 
8 


*  P    S    A    L    M     V, 

t&efeating  at  his  father'  s  throne 
Oux  longs  ana  our  complaints. 
J^Thcu  art  a  Gob,  before  whole  figh* 
'I  he-u-icked  fhal;  noc  ftand, 
Sinaei  s  fl^ll  ne'er  be  thy  delight- 
Nar  dweil  at  thy  rs-ghc-hand. 
%  Lut  to  thy  home  wlh  1  refort, 
1  o  tafte  tlvy  mercies  there  ^ 
I  will  frequent  thy  hojy  cour^ 
And  worfhip  in  thy  rear. 
5  O  may  thy  fpirit  guide  thy  feet 
In  ways  or  righe'oufneis  ! 
Wake  every  path  of  duty  ftraight, 
And  pidin  before  my  race. 

PAUSE* 
6  My  watchful  enemies  combine 

To  tempt  my  feet  aftray  ; 
i    They  flatter  with  a  bale  defign, 

To  make  my  foul  their  prey. 
y  Lord,  crulh  the  ferpent  in  the  duft# 
And  all  his  plots  deftroy  j 
While  thole  who  rn  thy  mercy  truft, 
For  ever  fhout  for  joy, 
8  The  men  who  love  and  fear  thy  name, 
Shall  fee  their  name  fulhTd. 
The  mighty  God  will  compals  them 
With  favour  as  a  mield. 

P.    5    A    L    M      VI.      Common  Metre. 
Complaint*   iv  Sickness;  or,  Dii£AIis  xtAXifZ 

I   TN  anger,  Lord  ,  rebuke  me  not, 
X     Withdraw    the   dreadful    ftorm  j 
Nor  let  thy  fury  grow  fo  hot 
Againft  a  feeble  worm. 
%  My  foul  bows  down  with  heaw  cares.. 
My  flefh  with  pain  cpprels'd  j 
My  couch  i3  witnefs  to  my  tears, 
My  tears  forbid  my    reft. 
3  Sorrow    and  pain  wear  out  my  davs  \ 
I  wafte  the  night  with  crier,  ' 

Counting  the  minutes  as  they  pafs, 
'Till  the  flow  morning  rile 
\  Shall  I  be  ftill  tormented  more  ? 
Mine  e\e  conli.m'd  with  grief  ? 
Kow  long,  my  God,  Vrw  long  before 
Thy  hand  afford  relief  ? 
j  He  hears  when  duft  and  arties  fpeak, 
,  He  pities  ail  our  groans  ; 
He  faves  us  for  his  mercy's  fake, 
A^d   h«a\s  cv»r  brck?n  boae*., 


M    A    L    W     VI 

6  The  virtue  ofifs  fpy'reigfl  word 
Reftores  our  fainting  breath  $ 
Buc  fiienc  graves  prahe  not  the  Lord, 
Nor  ij  he  known  in  death. 

P    S    A    L    M    VI.  -  Long  Metre, 
Temtations  in  Sickness   overcome? 

5  T     ORD,  I  can  fuft'er    thy  rebukes 

t_V     When  thou  with  Jftadnefi^doil  chaftite  j 
But  thy   fierce   wrach    I    cannot    bear, 
O  let  it  not  agfeinft  me  rife  1 
%  Pity  my  langui  h.nj  eta;?, 
■  And  eafe  the  forrows  which  I  feel  ; 
The  wounds  thine  hea/y  hand  hach  mai%, 
O  let  thy  gentler  touches  heel  ! 

2  See  how  I  pals  my  weary  d  lys 

'  In  iighs  and  groans  \  and  when  'tis  night, 

My  bed  is  wi..er'i  >.vich  my   tears, 

My  grief  confumes  and  dims  my  fight. 
4.  Look,  how  the'lpow'rs"of  nature  mourn  I 

How  bng"Alm'gYty  God,   how  long  ?' 

When  mail  thine  hoar  of  grace  return  ? 

When  ihall  I  make  thy  grace  my  fong  ?. 
J  I  feel  my  flesh  fo  'near  the  grave, 

My  thoughts  are  tempted  to  defpair  ; 

But  graves  can     ever  praile  the  Lord? 

For  all  is  iu.t  and  fiience  there. 

6  Depart  ye  tempters  from  my  foul  ; 

'  And  all  def^airing  thoughts'  des3rt; 
Mv  God.    who  hears  my  humble  moan, 
Will  eale  my  pain,  and  chear  my  heart. 

P       S       A       1       M       VII. 

God's  Care    of  his  People,  a.n'd   PunishmkST  «3> 
Persecutors. 

%  TV/fV  trut  is  in  my  heav'nly  Friend^ 
J.  VI.  '  my  hoDe  in  thee,  my  God  j 
Rile,  and  my  helolcfs  life  defend 
From  thofe  who  feek  my  blood* 
a  With  infolence  and  fury  they 
My  foul  in  pieces  tear, 
.  As  hungry  Lions  rend  the  prey 
When  no  deli  brer's  near. 

3  If  I  have  e'er  provok'd  them,  firrh 

Or  once  abus'd  my  foe. 
Then  1st  him  tread  my  life  to  duiL 
And  lay  mine  honor  low. 

4  If  there  be  malice  hid  in  me, 
-<     I  k*»w  thy  piercing  eyes  : 


x*  PSALM     VIL 

I  mould  not  dare  appeal  to  thee, 

Nor  afk  my  God  to  rife. 
5  A  rife,  my  Cod,  lift  up  thy  hand, 

Their  pride,  and  pow'r  controul ; 
Awake  to  judgment  and  command 

Deiiv'rance  for  my  foul. 

PAUSE. 

€  Let  finners  and  their  wick? J  rage 
Ee  humbled  to  the  duft  : 
Shall  not  the  God  of  truth  engage 
To  vindicate  the  jufc  ? 

7  He  knows  the  heart,  he  tries  the  rein:% 

He  will  defend  th'  upright  : 
His  fharpeft  arrows  he  ordains 
Againft  the  fonsof  fpight. 

8  For  me  their  malice  digg'd  a  pit, 

But  there  themfelves  are  caft  ; 
My  God  makes  all  their  mifchief  light 
On  their  ow»  heads  at  iafl:. 

9  That  cruei  perfecuting  race 

Muft  feel  his  dreadful  (word  ; 
Awake  my  f  .ul,  and  praife  the  grace 
And  j  uftice  of  the  Lord. 

PSALM      VIII.      Short  Metre, 

Christ's  Condescension  and  Gi.orifi  cation  j    or 
God  made  Man. 

j   /^V  LORD,  our  God,  how  wond'roul  great 
"    /     Is  thine  exalte  a  name  : 
The  glories  of  thy  heav'n'y  (late 
Let  men  and  babes  proclaim.  ' 
a  When  I  behold  thv  works  on  high, 
The  moon  which  rules  the  night, 
And  ftars  which  well  aiorn  the  Iky, 
Thofe  moving  woilds  of  light. 

3  Lord  what  is  man,  or  all  his  race, 

Who  dwells  fo  far  below, 
That  thou  fhould'ir.  vifit  him  with  gra«e* 
And  love  his  nature  fo  ! 

4  That  thine  eternal  Son  mould  bear 

To  take^fcttflrtal  form, 
Made  lowerWBn  his  angtls  are, 
To  fave.  a  dying  worm  ? 
f  5  Yet  whiie  he  liv'd  on  earth  unknowaj, 
And  men  would  not  adore, 
Obedient  feas  and  fifties  own, 
His  Godhead  and  his  pow'r. 
&  The  waves  lay  fpread  beneath  hi*  feet  S 
And  /iili  at  Im  wmmaad, 


PSALM      VILL  %1 

Bring  their  Jarge  fiioals  to  Petek'j  net, 
Bring  tribute  to  his  hand. 
7  Thefe  lefler  glories  of  thy  Son 

Shone  through  the  flelhy  cloud  j 
Now  we  behold  him  on  his  throne, 
And  men  confefs  him  God.] 
%  Let  him  be  crown'd  with  rnajerry 
Who  bow'd  his  head  to  death  j 
And  be  his  honors  founded  high, 
By  ail  things  which  have  breath. 
9  Jefus,  our  Lord,  how  wond'rous  greac 
Is  thine  exalted  name  ! 
The  glories  of  thy  heav'nly  flats 
Let  the  whole  earth  proclaim. 

P     s     a.    r,     m     VIII.     Paraphrafcd. 
Firft  Part.   Long    Metre. 
The   Hosanna    of     the    Children  j    or,    Infants 
praising     God. 

2  A    LMIGHTY-  Ruler  of  the  fides, 

jT"1l     Thro'the  wide  earth  thy  name  is  fpread 

And  thine  eternal  glories  rife 

O'er  all  the  heav'ns  thy   hands  have   made. 

To  thee  the  voices  of  the  young 

A  monument  of  honour  raife  j 

And    babes,   with    uninftrucled    Ungue, 

Declare  the  wonders  of  thy  praife. 

3  Thy  pow"r  afiifts  their  tender  age 

To  bring    proud    rebels  to  the    ground, 

To  ftiil  the  bold  blafphemer' s  rage, 

And  all  their  pol'cies  confound. 
a  Children    amidft    thy  temple    throng 

To  fee  their  great  Redeemer's  face  } 

The    fon    of  David  is  their   fong, 

And    young  Hosanna's   fill   the      plaee. 
g  The  frowning fcribes  and  angry  priefts 

In  vain  their  imo'ous  cavib  bring ; 

Revenge  fits  filent  in  their  breafts^ 

Whilft  Jewish  babes  proclaim  their  king. 

Psalm     VIII.     Paraphrafed. 
Second  Part.    Long  Metre. 
Adam  and  Christ,  Lords  of  the  Old  an©  tke  HV# 

Cr   EATICJ.. 

2  T    ORD,  what  was  man,  (vfien  made  at  £r&* 
•    JLj     Adam,  the  offspring  of  the  duft, 

That  thou  fhould'fr.  fet  him  and  his  race.? 

But  juft  below  aaar-gei's  place  f 


*  t    3    A    1    U    VIII. 

i  That   thou  fltould'ft  raife  his  nariKc   fo 

And  make  him  Lord  ox"  all  beloy/  ; 

Make  ev'rybeaft  and  bird  IdD.nit, 

And  lay  the  fane*  ac  his  feet  ? 
5  ButO  !  what  brighter  glories  wait 

To  crown  the  fecon.d  Adam's  da^e? 

What  honours  mall  chy  Son  idora  j 

Who  cchdelcended  to  be  born? 

4  See  him  below  his  angds  made! 
See  him  in  duft  amon^ft  the  dead, 
To  fave  a  ruin'd  world  from  tin  ; 
Then  lee  him  reign  with  power  divine. 

5  The  world  to  come,  redeem  \t  from  all 
fthe  nis'ries  which  attend  the  rail, 

hew  made,  and  glor'oas,  .hall  iuomit 
At  our  exaked  SaVour's  feet? 

P     s     a     t     m     IX.    Firft    Ptrt. 
Wrath  and  Mejct  from  the  Judgment  StATr 

9  *X  X  7ITH  my  whole  heart    I'll   raife  my    fong, 
VV     Thy  wonders  Til  proclaim, 
Thou  fov'reign  Judge  of  right  and  wrong 
Wilt  put  my  foes  tomarne. 
%  I'll  fing  thy  M  ajefty  and  grace ;  • 
My  God  prep  ires  his  throne 
Tojud^e  the  world  in  right'oufnefs, 
And  make  his  vengeance  known 
§  Then  mail  the  Lord  ateruge  prov» 
For  all  the  poor  opprz  t ; 
To  fave  the  people  of  his  love, 
And  give  the  weary  relt. 

4  The  men,  who  know  thy  n.-.mewill  trufc 

In  thy  abundant  ^race  ;  •*■ 

For  thou  haft  ne  e  :  fqrfook  the  juft, 
Who  humbly  leek  chy  face. 

5  Sing  praifes  to  the  right'ous  Lord, 

Who  dwells  on  Sion's  hdl, 
Who  executes  his  threat'ring  word, 
'And  doth  his  grace  fulfil. 

P    S    A    L  JA      IX.      Second    Part. 

The  Wisdom  and  Ecjuity  or  Paovi-ENce. 

*  tTTHEN  the  great  judge,  fupremeand  juft, 
V  V     Shall  once  enquire  for  ^  blood  ; 
The  humble  fouls  who  m^urn  in  duft, 
Shall  find  a  faithful  God. 
9t  He  from  r-he  dreadful  gates  of  death 
'    '     Doe?  his  own  child  en  raife  : 
Jn  Stan's  ^ates,  with  chearfulbreatl^ 
TJbey  fing  their  Father,' a  pr«ki£*. 


psalm  nr*     ■*!* :  ~ 

3  Kis  fo<3mail  fall  with  heedlefs  feet*, 

Into  the  pit  they  made  ; 
And  finners  penih  in  the  net 

Which  their  own  hands  had  fpread, 

4  Thus  by  thy  judgments,  mighty  God8 

Are  thy  deep  counfels  known  : 
When  men  of  miichief  are  deftroy'd,, 
The  faare  muft  be  their  own. 

PAUSE, 

j  The  wicked  mall  fink  down  to  hell  j 
Thv  wra;h  devour  their  lands 
Which  dare  forget  thee,  or  rebel 
Againft  thy  known  commands. 
I  Though  faints  to  fore  diftrefs  are  brought, 
•  And  wait,  and  long  complain, 
Their  cries  mall  not  be  foon  forgot, 
Nor  mail  their  hopes  be  vain. 
£7  Rife,  great  Redeeme  r,  from  thy  fea?9 
To  judge  and  fa  ye  the  poor  ; 
Let  nations  tremble  at  thy  feet, 
And  man  prevail  no  more. 

5  Thy  thunder  mall  affright  the  proud., 

And  put  their  hearts  to  pain, 
Make  them  confefs  that  thou  arS  God*, 
And  they  but  feeble  man.] 

PSALM      X.      Common    Metre, 

PilAYXRS    HEARD,      AND    SAINTS     SAVED  J      OR,    PgSDgj, 
ATHEISM,    AND   OPPRESSION    PUNISH**. 

,    ,  For  a  humiliation  djy. 

1  \t  T HY  doth  the  Lord  ftand  o€  Co  far? 
V  V     And  why  conceal  his  face, 
When  great  calamities  appear, 
And  times  of  great  diftrefs  ? 
a  Lord,  mall  the  wicked  ftill  deride 
Thy  jufticeand  thv  pow'r  ? 
Shall  they  advance  tneir  heads  in  pridz, 
And  ftill  thy  faints  devour  ? 
g  They  put  thy  judgments  from  their  fight^ 
~  And  then  infult  the  poor  ; 
They  boaft  in  their  exalted  height, 
Tnat  they  ihail  fall  no  more. 

4  Arife,  O  God,   lift  up  thine  hand,, 

Attend  our  humble  cry  j 
No  enemy  fhall  dare  to  ftand 
When  Gcd  afcends  on  high. 

P     A     U     S     1£ 

5  Why  do  the  men  of  malice  rage. 

And  fay  with  faolifh  pr;d*3 


S4  ri'P    S    A    L    M      Xs 

The  Ccd  of  heav'n  will  ne'er  engage 
To  fight  on  Z  ion's  fide  ? 
%  Since  thou  for  ever  art  the  Lord  j 
And  pow'rful  is  thine  hand, 
As  when  the  Heathen  felt  thy  fword, 
And  perifiVd  from  thy  land. 
7  .Thou  wilt  prepare  our  hearts  to  pray, 
And  caufe  tuine  ear  to  hear. 
Ke  hearkens  what  his  children  fay, 
And  puts  the  world  i»  fear. 
S  Proud  tyrants  fhall  no  more  ©pprefs, 
No  more  defpife  thejufl; 
And  mighty  finners  fhall  confefs 
They  are  but  earth  and  duftc 

PSALM      XI.      Long  Metre. 
Cop  loves   the    righteous,  aib   hates  THS 

WlCKE  D. 

I   TV  fY  refuge  is  the  God  of  love  5 

J.V1   Why  do  my  foes  infult  and  cry* 

Fly  like  a  tim'rous  trembling  dove, 

To  diftant  woods  or  mountains  fly? 
S  If  government  be  all  deftroy'd, 

(That  £ rm  foundation  of  our  peace) 

And  violence  make  juftice  void, 

Where  fnall  the  right'ous  feek  redrefs  ? 

3  The  Lord  in  Heav'n  has  fix'd  his  throne, 
His  eyes  furvey  the  wo  ks  below  j 

To  him  all  mortal  things  are  known  ; 
His  eye-lids  fearch  our  fpirits  through. 

4  If  he  afflicts  his  faints  fo  far. 

To  prove  their  love  and  try  their  grace, 
What  may  the  bold  tranfgreflors  fear  ? 
His  very  foul  abhors  their  ways. 

5  On  imp'ous  wretches  he  mail  raife 
Tempefts  of  brimftone,  fire,    and  death. 
Such  as  he  kindled  on  the  plain 

Of  Sodom,   with  his  angry  breath. 

6  The  right'ous  Lord  loves  right'ous  fouls, 
Whofe  thoughts  and  actions  are  fincere, 
And  with  a  gracious  eye  beholds 

The  men  who  his  own  image  bear. 

PSALM      XII.      Long    Metre. 

"The  Saints  safety  and  hope  in  evil  times  j  on 
Sins  of   the  tongue  complained  of,  vix. 
Blasphemy,  Falsehood,  &c, 

t  T    ORD,  if  thou  doft  not  foon  appear, 
JLi  Virtue  and  troth  will  fly  away 


?    S    A    L    M     XM,  ts 

A  faithful  »«n  among**  us  here 
Will  fcarcebe  found,  if  thou  delay. 

2  The  whole  difcourfe  when  neighbours  me«£ 
Is  fill'd  with  trifles  loofe  and  vain  j 
Their    lips  are    flatt'ry   and  deceit, 

And  their  proud    langaage  is  profane* 

3  But  15ns  which  with  deceit  abound 
Shall  notmaintai-n  their  triumph  long  ; 
The  God  of  veng'ance  will  confound 
The  rtatt'ring  and    blafpheming  tongue.. 

f  Yet  /hall  our  words  be  free,  they  cry, 
Our  tongues  ihall  becontroufd  bv  none  5 
Whereas  the  Lord  will   a /It  us  why  ? 
Or  fay,  our  lipl  ae  not  our  own  ? 

5  The  Lori  who  fees  the  poor  opp-e/r, 
And  h*>arsoppreflbrs'  Haughty  ftrain, 
Will  rife  to  give  his  children  reft, 
Nor  fhall  tHey  trut.his  word  in  vais<> 

6  Thy  word  O  Lord,  tho'  often  try'd, 
Void  of  deceit  ihall  ftill  appear; 
Not  filver  fev'n  times  punfy'd 
From  drofs  and  mixture,  ffiines  fo  clearo 

J  Thv grace  ihaH,  iii  the  darkeft  hour, 
Defend  the  holy  foul  from  harm  ; 
Tho'  when  the  vilefl-  mm  have  povv  '- 
On  ev'ry  fide  will  Inner*  fwarra. 

P    s    a    I    ml    XII.    Common  Metre. 

COM-PLAIM?  orA«2K!SAt  CORS  U?TION  OF  MANNIR^ 
«R  THE  TROMIS2  AMD  SIGNS  OF  CHRIST'S  €»M2N«7» 
JUDGMENT. 

1  "HrE£F!?Lord>  for  men  of  virtue  fairs 

»    I    Religion  bofes  ground ! 
,   Th' Tons  of  violence  prevail, 

And  treacheries  abound,, 
%  Th»ir  oaths  and  promifes  they  break0 
Yeta&theflatt'rer's  part; 
With  fair  deceitful  lips  theyfpeak 
And  with  a  double  heart. 
3  If  we  reorove  fome  hateful  jy» 
How  is  their  fury  ftirr'd  > 
Are  not  o*r  lips  our  own,  they  cfr 
And  who  fhall  be  our  Lord  ?    /p 
4,  Scoffers  appear  on  ev'ry  fide, 
Whiie  a  vile  rase  of  men 
Are  rais'd  so  feats  of pow'r  and  ftiie^ 
A»A  has  the  fw*r4  is  v*is. 


**  T   S    A   t    M     XTT- 

.    .  ■  1.    .  .   .  *   A    v   *   «• 

5  Urrf,  whe»  ini*uiues  abound, 

And  Wafphemy  grows  bold, 
When  faith  is  hardly  to  be  round, 
And  love  i»  waxing  cold, 
§  Isnotthychar'othaft'aineon  ? 
Haft  thou  notgiv'n  the  hgn  r 
Miy  wenottruft  and  live  upon 
A  promise  fo  divine  ? 
7  "  Yes,  faith  the  Lord,  now  will  I  rife, 
"  Aodmakeoppreflbrs  rice  j 
u  I  ihali  appear  to  their  furprife, 
r    W,  "And  let  my  fcrvants  tree,  " 
$  Thy  word,  like  filver  fev'n  times  trfi 
Thro*  agea  ihall  endure  : 
The  men  who  in  thy  truth  c«nnde, 
Shall  find  the  promife  fure. 

PSALM    XIII.    Lans  Metre. 
£lsa»2h»,witb  Go»  »NM»  PESEtTlON  j    t«»Mt& 

IH   PAHXNE5S. 

3  TJ  OW  long,  O  Lord,  fhall  I  complain 

JLJ    Like  one  who  feeki  his  God  in  vain  ? 

Can'ft  thou  thy  face  forever  hide, 

And  I  ftill  pray  and  be  deriy'i 
£  Shall  I  forever  be  forgot, 

As  one  whom  thou  regarded  not  f 

Still  fhall  my  foul  thy  abfence  mourn  ? 

And  ftill  defpr  r  of  thy  return  > 
2  How  long  fhall  my  poor  troubled  breair 

Be  with  thefe  anxious  thoughts  oppreis  d  r 

And  fatan,  my  malicious  foe, 

Rejoice  to  fee  me  funk  fo  low  ? 

6  Hear,  Lord,  and  grant  me  quick  relief 
Before  my  death  concludes  my  grief 
If  thou  with-heid  thy  heav'nly  hght, 
I  fleeepineverlafting  night. 

»  Howwijl  the  pow'n  of  darkr.efs  boaft, 

If  but  one  praying  foul  be  loft  ? 

Jut  I  have  trufted  in  thy  grace, 

And  fhall  again  behold  thy  face. 
*  Whate'er  my  hn§  of  foe«  fuggeft, 

7  Thru  art  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  reft  j 
My  heart  fhall  feel  thy  love  and  raife 
My  chearful  voice  to  fongs  of  praile. 

PSALM      XIII.      Common  Metre. 

iCeWPlAlXT  »*D*a*  TIMTTATIOXS  ©r   THX  DlTlJ.^ 

_  yvQW  long  wilt  thou  conceal  thy  fact  ? 
"   i"l  My  «•»»  *>•*  '««ng  d<*ay  ? 


PSALM     XU& 

Whea  fiiall  I  feel  thofe  heav'nJy  rays 
'Which  chace  my  fears  away  ? 
£  How  long  lhali  ray  Door  lab'ring  feui 
Wreftie  and  toiiinvain  ? 
Thy  word  can  ail  my  foes  eontroul, 
And  eafe  my  raging  p  in. 
§  See  how  the  prince  of  darknefs  trl«e 
AH  his  malicious  arts  1 
He  fpreads  a  mift  around  my  eyes, 
And  throws  his  fi'ry  daJts. 
I  It  thou  my  fun  and  thou  my  ftiield, 
My  foul  in  fafecy  keep  j 
Make  hafte  before  name 'eyes  are  feaTi 
In  death's  eternal  fl?ep. 
6  How  would  the  tempter  boaft  aloud 
If  I  become  hi»  prey  ! 
Behold  the  fons  of  hell  grow  pro'od 
Atthyfo  long  delay  \ 
§  But  they  /hall  flee  at  thy  rebuke, 
And  latan  hide  his  head : 
He  knows  the  terror  of  thy  look, 
And  hears  thy  voice  with  dread. 
j  Thou  wilt  difplay  that  fov'reign  grace 
Where  all  my  hopes  have  hang  } 
X  mail  employ  my  hptin  praife, 
And  vicVry  mall  be  fvwg. 

PSALM    XIV.    Firft  Par?.    Carney  M*c*> 

By  jut»u  ale  Mik  ars  sinxiM. 

%  T^OOLS  In  their  hearts  believe  and  fay^ 
JP    "  That  all  religion's  vain  ; 
"  There  is  no  God  who  reign*  •n  highp 
**  Or  minds  affairs  of  men." 
£  From  thoughts  fo  dreadful  and  profane^ 
Corrupt  difcourfe  proceeds  j 
And  in  their  imp'ous  hands  are  fouad 
Abominable  deeds, 
f   The  Lord  fr»m  his  celeft'al  throne, 
Look'd  down  «n  things  below, 
To  find  the  man  who  faughthis  grace? 
Or  did  his  juftice  know. 
4  By  nature  all  are  gone  aftray  ; 
*-     Their  practice  all  the  fame  i 
There's  none  who  fears  his  Maker's  haad» 
There's  none  wko  loves  his  name, 
£  Their  tongues  are  us'd  to  fpeakdectit  j 

Tk*ir  Banders  never  ceale,  _ 

€  a 


it  PSALM    XJVB 

How  fwift  to  mikhief  are  their  feet  I 

Nor  know  the  paths  of  peace. 

&  Such  feeds  of  fin  ( that  bitter  root  ) 

In  al)  our  hea  ti  ate  found  ; 

Nor  can  they  bear  diviner  fruit, 

'Till  grace  re&ne  the  ground. 

PSALM    XIV.      Second  Part. 
The  folly  of  persecutors. 
r     /fc  RE  finner;  now  fo  fenfelefs  grownp 
J~\     That  they  thy  faints  devour  j 
And  never  worfliip-at  thy  throne, 
Nor  fear  thine  awful  pow'r  ? 
%  Great  God  !   appear  to  their  furprife^ 
Reveal  thy  dreadfui  ni.me  ! 
Let  them  no  more  thy  wrath  defplfe, 
Nor  turn  our  hope  to  fharne. 
3  Dofl  thmi  not  dwell  among  the  juft  ? 
And  yet  our  foes  deride, 
That  we  ihould  make  thy  name  our  tr»$  | 
G.-eat  God  !   confound  their  pride. 
A  O    That  the  joyful  o ay  were  come, 
To  fini/h  our  diftrels ! 
When  God  /hall  bring  his  children  home, 
Our  tongs  fhali  never  ceafe, 

P    S     A     L    M    XV,^  Common  Metre 

€«AJ  ACTER9  OF    A    SaINT;    Or,     aCiTJZEN    OF     2  HCK  £ 
Or,'THK     QVAll71CATIO>S    OF    A    CHRISTIAN* 

M  "X  X  7KO  mall  inhabit  in  thy  hill, 
W     O  God  of  holinels  ! 
Whorn  will  the  Lord  admit  to  dwell 
Lo  iVAr  his  throne  of  grace  ? 
at  The  man  who  walks  in  pious  way^ 
And  works  with  righteous  hands 
"Who  trufts  h;s  Maker's  promifes, 
And  follows  hit  commands. 

3  Who  fpeaksthe  meaning  of  his  heart, 

Nor  (landers  with  his  tongue  j 
Will  not  promote  an  ill  report,  . 
Nor  do  his  neighbour  wrong. 

4  Who  wealthy  finners  ftill  contemns^ 

Loves  all  whofeirs  the  Lord  ; 
And  though  to  his  own  hu-t  heiweair, 
Still  he  performs  his  word, 
|  Whofe  hands  difdain  a  golden  bribe, 
And  never  gripe  the  the  poor  : 
This  man  fhall  dwell  with  God  on  ear*; 
A*i  Jknd  kis  hezv'a  fecore. 


*  P    S    A    L    M    XV.  H 

PSALM    XV.    Lo»g  Metre* 
Jfcitisioy  aks  jrsTicr,  Gooryiss  a»d  trvtk;  o% 

"  DuTTSi  ToGoD  AND  Man  J    cr,    THI  <J»AX.iriCA- 

tioni  of  a  Christian. 

2  T7[  THO  mail  afcend  thyheav'nly  place, 

V  V     Great  God,  and  dwe  11  before  *hy  face  ? 

The  man  who  minds  religion  now, 

And  humbly  walks  with  God  below. 
»  Whofe  hands  are  pure,  whofe  heart  is  clean, 

Whofelips  ftiii  fpeak  the  thing  tkey  mean  } 

No  flanders  dwell  upon  his  tongue  j 

He  hates  to  do  his  neighbour  wrong, 
£  t  Who  will  not  truft  an  ill  report, 

"Nor  vent  it  to  his  neighbour's  hurt : 

Sinners  of  ftate  he  can  defpife, 

But  faints  are  hontr'i  in  his  eyes.] 
£  <<   Firm  to  his  word  he  ev^r  Rood, 

And  always  makes  his  promife  good  j 

Nor  dares  to  change  the  thing  he  iwears, 

Whatev?rpain  or  lofs  he  bears.] 
£4  He  never  deals  in  bribinggold, 

And  mourns  thatjuftice  Should  be  fold  ; 

While  others  gripe  and  grind  the  poor,, 

Sweet  charity  attends  his  door.] 
$  He  loves  hi3  enemies  and  pravs 

Jorthofewhocurfehim  tc  his  fare  ; 

And  doth  to  all  men  ftill  the  fame 

V/hich  he  would  hope  or  wifh  from  them. 
j  Vet  when  his  holieft  works  are  done^ 

His  foul  deoendson  grace  alone  : 

This  is  the  man  thy  face  fhali  fee, 

And  dweO  forsvv,  Lord,   with  thee 

PSALM    XVL 

Fir  ft  Part.      Loug    Metre, 

Cox?  2  shots  oy  ov*  Poverty,  anb  Sat'sts  th« 

3IST    C6MPANY  J     Or,    GOOD    WORKS    jaflFST 

Mek,  nct  God, 

3  "O^ESERVE  me,  Lord,  in  time  cf  need, 
JL      For  iuccour  to  thy  throne  I  Bee, 

Lut  have  na  merits  thereto  plead  ; 
\.  y  goodnefs  cannot  reach  to  thee. 
%  Oft  have  my  heart  ar»i  tongue  eonfe&'d, 
How  empty  and  how  poor  I  am  5 
My  praiie  can  never  make  thee  bieft, 
•>W*ii  kw  jLSt-ieJ  t9  thy  r»wK. 


»  PSALM    XVI. 

3  Yet  Lord,  thy  Tunes  on  r.arth  may  reap, 
Some  profit  by  tbeg.iod  we  do  j 

Thefe  are  the  company  I  k-ep, 
Thefe  are  the  choiart'friends  I  know, 

4  Let  others  chufe  the  fons  of  mirth, 
To  give  a  relifh  to  their  wine, 
Hove  themen  ef  heav'nly  birth, 
Whoiie  thought  and  lan^.g}  sredivlr^ 

*    S    A    L    M    XVI.    Second  P*rt.     Long  Mfftfc 

C  H..R  1ST"  •    AtL-SvFFic;i>j«y. 

*   TTOWfaft  their  guilt  and  forrow  rife, 

Ll    Who  haft-  tofeek  fome  idol  God  ! 

I  will  not  tafte  their  facrifice, 

Their  offYmgs  of  forbidden  blood. 
X  My  God  provides  a  richer  cup, 

And  nobler  food  to  live  upon  j 

He  for  my  life  has  offer' d  up 

Jefus,  his  beft  beloved  fon, 

3  His  love  is  my  perpet'al  feaft  ; 
By  day  his  counfels  guide  me  right  ; 
And,  be  his  name  forever  bleft. 
He  gives  mefweet  advice  by  night. 

4  I  fet  him  ftill  before  mine  eyes  j 
At  my  right  hand  he  ftands  prepar'd 
To  keep  my  foul  from  all  iurpiile, 
And  bemyeverlaftingguiJe. 

P  S  A  L  M    XVI.     Third  Part.  Loag  M.troi 

•0V»A«ElNDjJATH,ANDH0Pt  Or    THE  RzSVI*KC7lSX« 

1  "\X7'HE.NGod*lsn'gh'  my-^ilhisftrocf, 
VV     His  arm  is  my  almighty  prop  : 
Be  glad  my  heart,  rejoice  my  tongue, 
My  dying  fiefh  fhail  reft  in  hope 
1  Though  in the  daft  I  lay  my  head, 

Yet,  gracious  God,  thou  wilt  notieave, 
My  foul  forever  with  the  dead, 
Norlofe'thy  children  in  the  grave, 

3  My  fleih  fhail  thy  nrftcall  obey. 
Shake  off  its  duft  and  rife  on  high ; 
Then  (halt  thou  lead  the  wond'rous  way 
Up  to  thy  throne  atove  the  flcy. 

4  Th-re  ftreams  of  endlefi  pleafure  flow, 
Andfulldifcov'riesof  thy  grace, 
Which  we  buttafted  herebelo'-r, 
Spread  heav'nly jevs  tfcro'  ail  the  place. 


PSALM     XTf„  sj 

MALM     XVI.    Firft  Part; 
Common   Metre. 

Support  anb  Counsel  from  GOD,  wxtm**^ 
Merit. 

I  O  AVE  me,  O  Lord,  from  evYy  foe : 
O     In  thee   my  truft  I  place, 
Tho'  all  the  good  which  I  can  do, 
Can  ne'er  deferve  thy  grace. 
%  Yet,  if  my  God  prolong  my  breath, 
The  faints  may  profit  by't ; 
The  faints,  the  glory  of  the  earth. 
The  men  of  my  delight. 

3  Let  heathens  to  their  idols  hafte, 

And  wor/hip  wood  or  ftone  j 
But  my  delightful  lot  is  eaft 
Where  the  true  God  is  known. 

4  His  hand  provides  my  conftant  food, 

He  fills  my  daily  eup, 
Much  am  I  pleas'd  withprefentgood, 
But  more  rejoice  in  hope, 
j  God  is  my  portion  and  my  joy! 
Hiscounfels  are  my  light: .  . 
He  gives  me  fwe«t  advice  by  day, 
And  gentle  hinti  by  night. 
i  My  foul  would  all  her  thoughts  approve 
To  his  all  feeing  eye  : 
'Nor  death  nor -hell  my  hopes  mall  nitre, 
While  fuch  a  friend  is  nigh. 

PSALM    XVI.    Second  Titis, 

Common  Metre. 

The  Death  and  Resurrection  •*  Cimisrs 

S  "  T    Set  the  Lord  before  my  face, 
JL   "  He  bears  my  courage  up; 
"  Mv  heart  and  tongue  their  joys  expreis, 
"  My  flefh  ftall  reft  in  hope. 
St  *'  My  fpirit,  Lord,  thou  wilt  not  leave 
"  Where  fouls  departed  are  ; 
*'  Nor  quit  my  body  to  the  grave, 
"To  fee  corruption  there, 
3  „  Thou  wilt  reveal  the  path  of  iif«, 
"  And  raife  me  to  thy  throne  : 
*c  Thy  courts  immortal  pleafures  giv£ , 
e:  Thy  preftnee  joy  *Bk»twj**" 


U  Thus,  ia  the  name  of  Chrill  the  Lw** 

The  holy  David  fane, 
And  provjuence  fulfils  the  word 
Of  his  prophetic  tongue. 
5  Jefus,  whom  ev'ry  faint  adore*, 
Was  crucify'd  and  flain  ; 
Beheld  the  tomb  J U  prey  reftores? 
Behold  he  lives  again  ! 
•  When  /hall  my 'feet  arife  and /land 
On  heav'ns  eternal  hi  Us  ? 
There  fit*  the  fo.n  a;  Chiift'*  right-hanc^ 
And  there  the  father  fmiles.J 

PSALM    XVII.    Short  Metre. 
P«1ti«n  er  Saints   anz>  Sinner*  }    9»  n«»»  *V9 

JDKSPAIR   IN  BIATK) 

A  RISE,  any  gracious  Ged, 
V"\  And  make  the  wicked  flee  g 
They  a  e  but  thjr  charrifing  rod 
To  drive  thy  faints  to  thee, 
a  Behold  the  fierier  dies  ! 

RishaucbtywordserevaiBi 
Herein  this  life  his  pleafure  Ilea? 
And  all  beyond  is  pain. 
3  Ther  let  bis  prkle  *dva«ce, 
And  boaft  of  alibis  ftore; 
The  Lor-  is  rry  inhetftahcS^ 
Mv  foal  can  wi.1i  no  more. 
3  I  fhal'l  behold  the  face 

Cf  rr.y  forgiving  Cod; 
,    And  ftand  eomrleat  ?n  rigbt^ufnefs? 

Wa/h'd  in  my  S  virtur's  blood, 
z  See  the  uew  beav'n  begun 
When  I  awake  from  d»a'h, 
Dreft  in  the  likenefs  of  thy  Son, 
And  draw  immortal  breath  I 

P    8    A    L.M      XVII.    .Lms  Metre. 
The  Sinners  portion    anp  Saints  hops';  ©r,  TUtf 
Heaven  of  seperate  souls,  and  TH» 
Resurrection. 

2  T  ORD,  I  am  thine  ;  but  thou  wilt  »rere 
I  i  My  faith,  my  patience,  and  my  love  i 
When  men  oi  fpitc  again/l  me  join  j 

i    They  ars  the  fwotd,  the  haad  is  thine* 


■psalm    xvi:i\  s 

a  Their  hope  and  portion  lie*  below  j  ^ 

*Tisali  thchappmeis  they  know  j 
"Tis  all  theyfe'eii:  s  they  tike  neir  /hares, 
And  leave  the  reit  among  their neirs. 

3  Whatfinneisvaiusjireii^nj 

Lord,  'tis  enough  that  tiuu  art  mine, 
I  mall  behold  thy  bliisfui  x^ce, 
And  ftand  compieac  in  rigt  ouinels. 

4  Thislifs  a  dceam,  .n  cmf  _y  lhow, 
But  the  bright  wo  u  to  which  1  go, 
Kath  ioys  iuoitanciai  and  nncere  j 
When  mail  i  'waice  and  find  me  there  ? 

r  O  glorious  hour  !  O  bielt  a^oJe  ! 

I  ihaJibe  near  and  like  my  God  j- 

Andnefh  and  lin  no  more  con tvoui 

The  facred  pleaiure  ox  my  lo'dl 
6  My  nefh  ihaii number  in  tne  ground, 

'Till  the  lalt  trumpet  s joyful  found  : 

Then  burft  the  chains  with  tweet  larprife 

And  in  my  fav'aur's  image  rile. 

P  S?-A  L  M  XVIII.     Firft  Part, 

Long  Metre. 

Deliverance  from   dispair  j  or,   temptations 
overcome. 

X  '"T^ILEE  will  I  love,  O  Lord  myftrength, 
i     My  Rock,  my  fow'r,  my  high  defence; 

Toy  mighty  arm  mail  be  my  tru  t, 

Fa    I  iave  found  falvation  thence* 
a  Death  and  the  terrors  or  the  grave, 

Stood  round  me  w^th  their  dumai  maie  j 

While  floods  of  high  tempt  -tiara  rofe, 

And  maie  my  limiting  loaiafraid. 
a  I    aitftheop  ning  gates  j,  heii 

With  endiefs  panic  ana  i  >rrows  :  i»e, 

(Which  none,  hue  thole  who    feei  can  teJl) 

While  I  wa3  hurry'' d  ro  a.ij  air. 
A.  In  my  autre.s.  1  caifd  ay  J  >J, 

When  i  could  iearce  believe  him  miae 

He  tv.w'd  n  scar  to  my  compiaint  ; 

1  lier„  did  his  grace  appear  divine. 
£gWichfpeed  he  new  to  my  relief, 
"As  on  a  cherub's  wing  he  rode  ; 

Awiul  and  bright  as  Ught'ning ihene 

The  race  of  my  deliverer  God. 
6  Tempt  tions  fled  at  his  rebuke, 

(The  blah  oi  his  alirugfkcy  breath  j ) 


u  PSALM    XVIII. 

He  fent  falvation  from  on  high, 

Arid  drew  me  from  the  deeps  of  death.] 
•j  Great  were  my  fears,  my  foes  were  great, 

Much  was  their  ftrength  and  more  their  rage, 

But  Chriit,  my  Lord,  is  conqu'ror  ftill, 

In  all  the  wars  which  devils  wage. 
8  My  long  forever  fhalt  record 

That  terrible,  that  joyful  hour  ;. 

And  give  the  gloory  to  the  Lord, 

Due  to  his  mercy  and  his  pow'r. 

PSALM    XVIII.    Second  Part> 

Long  Metre* 

Sincerity  prouved   akd  rewarded- 

x  T    ORD,  thou  haft  feen  my  feulfinccrc, 

JL>     Haft  m~de  thy  love  and  truth  appear : 

Before  mine  eyes  I  fet  thy  laws, 

And  thou  haftown'd  my  right'ous  Caufe. 
2.  Since  I  have  learn'd  thv  holy  ways, 

I've  walk'd  upright  before  thy  face  : 

Dr  if  my  feet  did  e'er  depart, 

"lavas  ever  with  a  broker/heart. 
3  What  fore  temptations  broke  my  reft  ! 

What  wars  and  ftrugglings  in  my  b 

But  tbro'thy  grace  which  r«igi 

Deftroy  it,  mat  it  rife  no  more  ? 
fc  With  an  impartial  hand  the  Lore- 

Deals  out  to  mortals  their  reward  : 
*     The  kind  and  faithful  fouls  fhallfi  id 

A  God  as  faithful  and  as  kind.  J 
S  The  juft  and  pure  flialtever  fay, 

Thou  art  more  pure,  more  juft  than  they  : 

/nd  men  who  leve revenge  Shall 

God  hath  an  arm  of  veng'ance  too. 

PSALM    XVIII.    ThirdPar* 

Long  Metrcl 

Rejoicing  in  Cos  or,  (alvation  and  triumph 

*  J    Crea  ■  ;ce  » 

WhoisaG.  Lord  ? 

Or  where's  a  refti 
2  'Tis  he  who  girds  m? 

Gives  i 


r    '  psalm  xviu. 

And  $hiie  with  fin  and  heil  I  fight, 
ids  his  falvation  for  my  fhieid. 

3  He  lives  i  (yea,  bleffed  be  my  Rock) 
The  God  of  my  faivation  lives  ! 
The  dark,  defings  o/Jieil  are  broke  j 
Sweet  is  the  peace  my  Father  gives- 

4  Before  the  fcoffers  of  the  age 

I  will  exalt  my  Father's  name, 

Nor' tremble  at'their  mighty  rage, 

But  meet  reproach,  and  bear  the  iharne<, 

5  ToDavib  andhisroyafieed 
Thygrac2  forever  mall  extend  j 

Thy  fove  to  faints  in  Chrift  their  head, 
Knows  not  a  limit,  nor  an  end. 

PSALM  .XVIII.    Firft  Part> 

Common  Metre. 

Victory  and  triumph  over  temporal  eneirJe^ 

S  "\X7°E  love  thee,    Lord,  and  we  adore, 
\  V     Now  is  thine  arm  reveai'd  ? 
Thou  art  our  ftengthj  ourheav'nly  tow'r. 
Our  bulwark  and  our  fhieid. 
%  We  AV  to  our  etexnaLrock,  \ 
And  find  a  fure  defence  ; 
His  holy  name  our  lips  invoke, 
And  draw  falvation  thence.    . 

3  When  God,  our  leader,  mines  in  arms> 

What  mortal  heart  can  bear 

The  thunder  of  hi:  loud  alarms, 

.The  light' aing  of  his  fpear  ? 

4  He  rides  upon  the  winged  wind 

And  angels  in  array 
•In,  millions  wait,  to  know  his  mind, 
And  fwift  as  flames  obey. 

5  He  fpeaks,  and  at  his  fierce  rebuke  & 

Whole  armies  are  difmay'd  ; 
His  voice,  his  frown,  his  angry  look 
Strikes  all  their  courage^deacC 

6  He  forms  ourgen'valsfor  the  field, 

With  ail  their  dreadful  flail. 
Gives   them  his  awful  fword  to  wield 
And  makes  their  hearts  with  flee], 
£7  He  arms  ouijGaptains  to  C:,z  fight, 
Tho'  there  his  name's  forgot  ;- 
'.'He  girded  Cyrus  with  his  might, 
St ■■_  Cvrus'kna*  nira  ojt,  j 


**  *    S    A    L    M      XVIIJ. 

S  Oft  hat  the  Lord  whole  nations  b*cft. 
i'or  his    wn  t  kurc   cs  lak->  • 
The  pow  is  chat  give  his  people  reft, 
WialJ  or  ms  care  pa/iake.] 

PSALM    XVIII.    Second  Part. 

Common  Metre.  %> 

The  conqueror's  fong, 

TO  thine  almighty  arm  we  ewe 
Thetrmmphsoftheday: 
U^r  terrors,  Lord,  confound  the  fee. 
,.  A^  nick  their  ftrength  away, 
a    Tis  by  thin-  aid  ou:  troops  pre¥aiL 
And  break  united  powers  ; 
Or -barn  their  boafted  fleets,  orfcale 
Iheproudeft  of  thai  r  tow'rs. 

3  How  have  we  chas'd  them  thro'  the  fieU, 

And  trod  them  to  the  ground, 
While  thy  falvation  was  our  lhieJd, 
But  they  no  fliefcer  found  ! 

4  In  vain  to  idolfaints  they  cry, 

They  perifli  in  their  blood  : 
Where  is  a  rock fo great,  fo  high, 
So  pow'rful  as  our  God  ? 

5  The  rock  of  liVel  ever  lives, 
*    His  name  be  ever  b 

Tis  his  own  arm  the  vcT-y  gives, 
An  Igiv  s  his  peopie  reft. 
i  On  faints  that  iivf  as  David  did, 
He  pours  his  Me.Ti  igs  i  >  vn  ; 
Secures  their  priv'Icge  to  their  feed* 
And  treats  them  as  his  own. 

PSALM    XIX.    Fitft  Part.    Short  Metr«, 

Till  BOOS   or    NATURE  AND  SCftirTVftS. 

For  a  Lord's  day  Morning* 

t  TOEHOLD  the  lofty  fity 
)&  Declares  its  mak  :i  G  ">■?, 
And  all  his  ftarry  works  on  high 

Proclaim  hi?  p  nv'r  abroad. 
The  elarknefsand  the  light 
.     £  ».i )  t  keep  their  c otitic  the  lime  ^ 


P    S    A    L    M      XKC,  n 

Whii«  night  to  day  and  day  to  night- 
Divinely  teach  his  name. 

3  In  ev'ry  difFrent  land 

Their  gen'ral  voice  is  known  : 
They  mew  the  wonders  of  his  hand* 
And  orders  of  his  throne. 

4  AMERICA  rejoice ! 

He  here  reveals  his  word  5 

'We  are  not  left  to  nature's  voice 

To  bid  us  know  the   Lord, 

5  His  ft3tutes  and  commands 

Are  fet  before  our  eyes  ; 
He  puts  his  gofpel  in  cur  hands, 
Where  our  falvation  lies. 

6  His  laws  arejuft  and  pure, 

His  truth  without  deceit  • 
His  promiles  forever  fare, 

And  his  rewards  are  great. 
£7  Not  honey  to  the  tafte 

Affords  lb  much  delight  ? 
Nor  gold  which  has  the  furnace  pari 

So  much  allures  the  light. 
9  While  of  thy  works  I  ring, 

Thy  glory  to  proclaim, 
Accept  the  praife,  my  God,  my  King, 

In  my  Redeemer's  name.  J 

PSALM    XIX,    Second  Part, 
Short  Metre. 

tOD'l  Wt»C  MOST   2XCELLSXT;   Of,    IJKClJtTY 
•     ,    :  AMD    WATCM?ULM7.SS. 

Tor  a  Lord's-day  Morning, 

1  TOEHOLD  «he  morning  fan 
_D     Begins  his  gior'ous  way  » 

His  beams  through  all  the  nations  run, 
And  life  and  light  convey. 

2  But  where  the  gofpel  comes 

It  fpreads  diviner  light  j 
It  cails  dead  finners  from  their  tombs. 

And  gives  the  blind  their  fight. 
^  How  perfect  is  thy  word  ! 

And  all  thy  judgments  j«ft  j 
T«r  everfure  thy  promife,  Lord, 

And  men-  fecureiy  trn(t» 


PSALM      XIX. 


4  My  gracious  God,  how  D)ain 
Are  thy  dire&idns  giv*n  ! 
O  may  I  never  read  in  vain, 
But  find  the  path  to  heav'n  ! 


P'   A     U     s     t. 

5  I  "here  thy  word  with  love, 
And  i 
Send  thy  good  fpirit  from  above 
To  guide  me,  fe.'tl  ftray. 

•  O  who  can  ever  find 

The  errors  of'  his  ways  ? 
Yet  with  a  bold  prefumpt'oos  mini 

I  would  not  dare  tranfgreis, 
7  Warn  me  of  evVy  fin  j  *• 

Forgive  my  fecret  faults, 
And  cieanfe  this  guilty  foui  of  mui=„ 

Whofe  crimes  exceed  my  thoughts. 
"While  with  my  heart  and  tongue 

I  fpeak  thy  praife  abroad 
Accept  the  worihip  of  the  ibag, 

My  Sav'our  and  rny  God. 

PS  A  L  M    XIX.     Long  Metre. 

The  books  of  nature  and  fcripture  compared  j  or,  the  glory 
and  fuccefs  of  the  go/pel 

I  '"PHE  heav'ns  declare  thy  glorv,    Lord 
1      In  ev'ry  {tar  thy  gifdom  fluaes  :     ' 

Knt  when  our  eye;  behold  thy  word, 

We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines. 
^  Thj  rolling  fun,  the  changing  light, 

And  nights  and  days  thy  pow'r  confeft  • 

But  the  blefl  volume  thou  haft  writ       * 

Reveals  thyjuftice  and  thy  grace. 

3  Sun,  moon,  an'aftarV convey  thy  praiie 
Round  the  whole  earth,  and  never  (rand  • 
So  when  the  truth  begun  its  race! 
Jttoucrfd,  itglanc'd  onev"; 

4  Nor/halJthyfpreadinggofpel  reft 

•£!!  ft!"VVe  ^orld  thy  trtith  has  run  j 

•TdJChofthasallthe, 

Which  fee  the  light,  orfeeJ  the 

5  great  Sun  of  riKht*o«fnefs,  arife  ! 
Kefs  the  dark  world  with  heavnh 


P    S    A    L    M      XIX.  2 

Thy  gflfpel  makes  the  firnple  wife  ; 
Thy  laws  are  pure,  thy  judgments  right. 
Thv  nobleit  wontierehere  we  view, 
In  Ibuls  renew'd,  and  iins  forgiv'n  : 
Lord,  clean  i'e  my  fins,  my  ioul  renew, 
And  make  thy  word  my  gveide  to  heav'n. 


PSALM  XIX.     To  the  tune  of  the  113th  Pfetav. 

The  book  of  nature  and  fcriptuye. 

j   J^NREATGod,  the  heavVs  well  order'd  frame 
\JT  Declares  the  glories  of  thy  name  : 

There  thy  rich  works  of    wonder  mine  j 
Athoufand  ftarry  beauties  there, 
A  thoufand  rad'ant  marks  appear 

Of  boundlefs  pow'r  and  /kill  divine. 

2  From  night  to  day,  from  day  to  night, 
"The  dawning  and  the  dying  light, 

Lectures  of  heav'nly  wifdom'read  £ 
With  filent  eloquence  they  raife  < 
Our  thoughts  to  our  Creator's  praife, 

And  neither  found  nor  language  need» 

3  Yet  their  divine  inftru&ions  run 
Far  as  the  journies  of  the  fun, 

And  ev'ry  nation  knows  their  voice  • 
The  fun  like  fome  young  bridegroom  drefr, 
Breaks  from  the  chambers  of  rh«  earl, 

Rolls  round,  and  makes  the  earth  rejoice,, 

4  Where  e'er  he  fpreads  his  beams  abroad^ 
He  fmiles,  and  ipeaksnis  maker  God  5 

All  nature  joins  to  mew  thy  praife  j 
Thus  God  in  every  creature  mines  ? 
Fair  is  the  book  of  nature's  lini?«s 

But  fairer  is  thy  book  of  grace, 

PAUSE* 

5  I  love  the  volumes  of  thy  word  5 
What  light  and  joy  thole  leaves  afford 

To  fouls  benighted  and  diftreft  ! 
Thy  precepts  guide  my  doubtful  y/ayj 
Thy  fear  forbids  my  reet  to  ftray  ? 

Thy  promife  leads  my  foul  to  reft, 
£  From  the  difcov'ries  of  thy  law 
The  perfect  rules  of  life  I  draw  : 

Thefe  are  my  ftudy  and  delight 5 


S3  PSALM     XIH0 

No  htncy  {o  invites  my  tafte, 

Nor  gold  which  hath  the 'rum  ace  pail 

Appears  foplcafmg  to -the  light. 
7  Thy  threatVings  wake  my  flumo'ring  eyes, 
And  warn  me  where  my  danger  lie*  • 

But  'tis  thy  biefleu  goipd,    Lord, 
Which  makes  my  guilty  confeience  dean. 
Cenverts  my  foul,  iubduesray  iin, 

And  gives  a  tree,  but  iarge  reward. 

2  Who  knows  the  errors  of  his  thoughts  ? 
My  God  fo.give  my  fee  ret  faults, 

And  from,  prefumpt'ous  fins  reftrain  ; 
Accept  my  poor  attempts  of  praife. 
That  I  have  read  thy  book  or  grace, 

An'i  book  of  nature,  not  in  vain. 

PSALM    XX.    Long    Metre. 
Prayer  and  hope  of  victory 
For  a  day  of  prayer  in  time  of  war. 

t  VTOWraay  the  God  of  powV  and  gr^cs 
!>!    Attend  h:s  people's  humble  cry  ! 
Jehovah  hears  when  llr'el  pia>i. 
And  brings  dehVrance  froaa  on  high. 

a  The  name  of  Jacob's  God  Uelcei)ds 
Better  than  fhields  or  brazen  walls  ; 
He  from  his  fan&uary  fendi 
Succour  and  ftrength,  when  Zion  calls, 

3  Well  he  remembers  all  our  iighs  ; 
His  love  exceeds  our  beft  deierts  j 
His  love  accepts  the  facriike 

Of  humble  groans  and  broken  hearts= 

4  In  hisfalvationisour  hope, 
Andthename  oflir'd's  God, 

Our  troop*  lhalJiift  their  banners  up, 
Our  naviejs  fpread  their  flags  abroad. 

5  Seme  ti-uft  in  horfes  train'd  for  war, 
And  foine  of  char'ots  make  their  boaftsj 
Our  fureft  expectations  are 

s  From  thee  the  Lord  of  heav'nly  hofts. 

[6  O  may  fhemem'ry  of  thy  name 
Ir.fpire  our  armies  for  the  fight ! 
Our  foes  (hall  fail  a»d  die  with  ihame, 
Or  quit  the  field  with  ihameful  fiightr 


F    S    A    L    M      XXI.  3* 

7  ?-Tov.'favg  as  Lord  from  fiaviih  fear, 
Now  let  our  hopes  be  firm  and  firong. 
Then  let  falvation  foon  appear, 
And  joy  and  triumph  raife  the  ibo :; , 

PSALM    XXI.      Gommsvn  Metre. 

A    M    E    HI    G    A    t  h  5.     c   *  -a  £    o  * 

HEAVEN. 

%  {\W&  States,  O  Lord,  with  fongs  or  rr«;::"". 
\^J  Shall  in  thy  ftrength  rejoice; 
And  bleft  with  triy  falvation  raifq 
To  heav'n  their  chearful  voice, 

2  Thy  Aire  defence  thro'  nations  round 

Has  fprcad  thy  glor'ous  name  : 
And  our  fuccesful  actions  erown'd 
Thy  Majefty  with  fame. 

3  Then  let  our  States  on  God  alone: 

For  timely  aid  rely  ! 
His  mercy  which  adorns  his  'throne, 

Shall  all  our  wants  fupply. 
(J.  Eut  right'ousLord,  thy  vhibborn  foes 

Shall  feel  thy  dreadful  hand  ; 
Thy  vengeful  arm  fhafJ  find  oatthofe 

Who  hntc  thy  mild  command.  ♦ 

5  When  thou  againft  them  doft  engage 

Thyjuft,  but  dreadful,  doom 
Shall,  like  a  fi'ry  oven's  rage, 
Their  hopes,  and  them  conlume. 

6  Thus,  Lord,  thy  wond'rou3  pow'rdeckrC;, 

And  thus  exalt  thy  fame  ? 
Whilft  we  glad  fongs  of  praife  prepare 
For  thine  almighty  name. 

PSALM    XXI.    Long  Metre, 

Christ  exalted  to  the  kingdom, 

Z   T*S  AVID  rejoie'd  in  God  hisftrength, 

\_J   Rais'd  to  the  throne  by  fpeciai  grace. 

But  Chrift  the  Son  appears  at  length. 

Fulfils  the  triumph  and  the  praife. 
2,  How  great  is  the  Meffiah's  joy 

In  the  falvaJon  of  thy  hand  I 

Lord,  thou  haft  raisM  his  kingdom  high. 

And  giv'n  the  world  to  his  command, 


g.  PSALM      XXII; 

2-  Tliy  goodncfs  grants  what  e'er  he  will, 
Nor  doth  the  leaftrequeft  withold, 
BJefiings  of  love  prevent  him  ftill, 
And  crowns  of  glory,  not  of  gold. 

4  Honor  and  majeity  divine 

"  Around  his  facred  temples  fhine 
Bleft  with  the  favor  of  thy  face, 
And  length  of  everlafting  days. 

5  Thine  hand  mall  find  out  all  his  foes  J 
And  as  a  fi'ry  oven  glows  . 

With  raging  heat  and  living  coals, 
So  ihall  thy  wrath  devour  their  fouls. 


F  S  A  L  M      XXII.    Fir*  Part 

The  fufferlngs  and  death  of  Chris- 

lit  THY  has  my  God  my  foul  forfo*k» 
VV     Nor  will  a  fmile  afford  ? 
(Thus  David  once  in  anguiih  fpok> 
And  thusour  dying  Lord.) 
a  Tho'  'tis  thy  chief  delight  to  dwell 
Among  thy  praifing  faints, 
Yet  thou  can'it  hear  a  groan  a;  well. 
And  pity  our  complaints. 
j  Our  fathers  trufted  in  thy  name, 
And  great  dehVrance  found; 
But  I'm  a  worm  defpis'd  of  men, 
And  trodden  f  the  ground, 
4  Shaking  the  head  they  pafs  meby? 
And  laugh  my  foultofcorn; 
Invainhetruftsin  God,  they  cry, 
Negletled  and  forlorn, 
e.  But  thou  artke  whoform'd  my  fieftx* 
By  thine  almighty  wotd  : 
And  fince  I  hung  upon  thebreaft 
My  hope  is  in  the  Lord. 

6  Why  will  my  father  hide  his  face 

When  foes  ftand  threat'ning  round, 
In  the  dark  hour  of  deep  diftrels, 
And  not  an  helper  found  ?• 

P     A     U     S     £• 

7  Behold  thy  darline  left  among 

The  cruel  and  the  proud  ! 
As  bulls  of  Bafhan,  fierce  an  1  firong, 
And  lions  roaring  loud. 


P    S    A    L    M      XXII. 

"$■  r  tarn  earth  and  hell  my  forrows  meet, 
To  multiply  the frnart } 
They  nail  my  hands,  they  pierce  my  feet, 
And  try  to  vex  my  heart. 

9  Yetif"  thy  fov'reign  hand  let  loofe 

The  rage  of  earch  and  hell, 
Why  will  my  heav'nly  father  bruifs 
The  Son  he  loves  fo  well  ? 

10  My  God,  if  poflible  it  be, 

Withold  this  bitter  cup| 
But  I  refign  my  will  to  thee? 

And  drink  the forro. 73  up. 
-I  My  heart diflblves with  "pangs  unknown, 

In  groans  I  wafte  my  breath  ; 
Thy  heavy  hand  hath  brought  me  down 

Low  as  thedult  of  death, 
sa  Father  I  give  my  fpiritup, 

And  trull  it  in  thy  hand  : 
My  dying  flefn  fliail  reft  in  hop:, 

And  rile  at  thy  command. 

PSALM    XXII.    Second  part, 

ChriuVs  fufferings  and  Kingdom., 

i  *s  "^T^W  from  the  roaring  lion's  rage,* 
l\    "  O  Lord,  protect  thy  Son  !        ; 
if  Nor  l;ave  thy  Darling  to  engage 
"  The  powr's  of  hell  alone." 

5  Thus  did  the  furF'ring Tav'our  pr^y 

With  mighty  cries  and  tears  : 
God  heard  nim  in  that  dreadful  day, 
And  chas'd  away  his  fears. 

3  Great  was  the  vicVry  of  his  death, 

His  throne  exalted  high  ; 
And  all  the  kindreds  of  the  earth 
Sha  11  worfhip,  or  mall  die. 

4  A  nunfrous  offspring  mull:  arifs 

From  his  expiring  groans  j 
They  lhailbe  reckon' d  in  his  eye3 

For  daughters  and  for  ions. 
*j  Themeak  and  humble  fouls  lhall-ies 

His  table  richly  fpread  ; 
And  all  who  feek  the  Lord  in  all  be 

With  joys  immortal  fed . 

6  The  hies  jhail  know  the  right'oufncfs 

Of  our  incarnate  God, 
And  nations  yet  unborn  profefs, 
"Sabawaia  Jus  blood. 

Z  z 


3*  PSALM      XXII. 

P  S  A  L  M    XXII.    long  Metre. 
Cirlft's  fuffcrings  and  exaltation, 

1  TNT^Y  bt  °m™u™^  l"ongs  record 
40     f  hc  dy«»g  forj-ows  of  our  Lord, 
vvhen  h«  complaint  in  tears  and  blood, 
A^one  rorfaken  or  his  God. 

2  TJl!jEV's  behold  him  ^us  forlorn, 
And  thakftiui  head,  and  laugh  in  feern  | 

He  refcu  d  others  from  the  grave,  . 
^  Now  let  him  tryhimfelf  tofave. 
3       Thisisthe  man  did  once  pretend 
«-Sn  )V'u  h»f*t*»«-a*lW|  Friend; 
V<  *>  ?°^e  W^  lov\j  him  lb, 

Why  doth    he  fail  to  help  him  now  r° 

4  Barbara  is  people  !  cruel  prieits  ! 

How  they  ftand  round  like  favage  beafts  ; 

Like  lions  gaping  to    devour, 

When  God  has  left  him  in  their  pow'r. 

5  they  wound  his  hi-ad,  his  hands,  his  feet, 

rill  itreams  of  blood  jtach  other  meet  ; 
*y  lot  his  garments  they  divide, 
And  mock  the  pangs  in  which  hedy'd. 
6  But  Cod  his  Father  heard  his  crv  : 
Kais  d  from  the  dead  he  reigns  on  high  J 
Alienations  learn  his  righe'bufnefs, 
And  humble  fianers  tafte  his  gr 


ace. 


P  S  A  L  M    XXIII.    Long  Metre. 

God  our  Shepherd. 

1   "\/T Y  SncPnerc*  is  the  living  Lord 
J-yl   Now  ihall  my  wants  be  well  fupply'i 
Hjs  providence  and  holy  word 
Become  my  fifety  and'my  guide, 
a  In  paftures  where  faivation  grows, 
He  makes  me  reed,  he  makes  me  reft; 
i  h"c,  lv'n3  water  gently  Hows, 
^tnd  all  the  r^od  divinely  bleit, 

3  My  wand  Ving  f«t  his  way,  miftake  ; 
But  he  re/lores  mv  foul  to  peace,    .    * 
And  leads  me  for  his  mercy's  ftkc3 
lo  the  fair  patn  ef  rfent'oufrefc. 


PSALM     XXIII.  '<W 

4  Tho*  I  walk  thro'  the  gloomy  vale, 
Where  death  and  all  its  terrors  are, 
My  heart  and  hope  lhall  neve  fail, 

For  God  my  Shepherd's  with  me  there* 

5  Amidft  thedarknefsand  the  deep, 
Thou  art  my  comfort,  thou   myilaYi 
Thy  ftaff*  lupports  my  feeble  Heps, 
Thy  rod  directs  my  doubtful  way. 

6  The  fons  of  earth,  and  fens  of  hell 
Gaze  atthygocdnefs,  and  repine 
To  fee  my  table  fpread  fo  well 
With  living  bread  and  chearful  wine. 

[7  How  I  rejoice  when  on  my  head 
Thy  fpirit  condefeends  to  reft; 
'Tis  a  divine  anointing  flied 
Like  oil  cf  gladnefs  atafeaft 

8  Surely  the  mercies  of  tbe  Lord 
Attend  his  houfhold  all  their  days  ; 
There  will  I  dwell  to  hear  his  word, 
To  feck  his  face,  and  finghis  praile.  j 

PSALM    XXIII.  Common  Metre. 


f   "\  /TV  Shepherd  will  fupplymy  need. 
IVj    Jehovah  is  his  name  j 
In  pnftures  frefli  he  makes  rr.«  fztit 
Befide  the  living  ftream. 
%  He  brings  my  wand'r.ng  fpirit  back, 
When  I  forfake  his  ways, 
And  leads  me,  for  his  mercy's  fake, 
In  paths  of  truth  and  grace,  .. 

3  When  I  walk  thro'  the  ftiades  of  deatk> 
Thy  prefence  is  my  ftay  j 
A  word  of  thy  furporting  b  reath 
Drives  all  my  fears  away. 
4.  Thy  hand,  in  fpite  of  all  my  foes, 
Doth  ilill  my  table  fpread  ; 
My  cup  with  bleffings  Overflow** 
Thine  oil  anoints  my  head. 
£  The  fure  provifions  of  my  God, 
Attend  me  all  my  days  j 
O  may  thy  houfe  be  mine  abode, 
And  all  my  work  be  praife  ! 
6  There  would  I  find  a  fettled  reft, 
(While  others  go  and  come) 
No  more  a  ftranger  or  a  gueft, 
But  like  a  child  athtinea 


S«  .  *    S    A    L    M      XXIII. 

P  3  A  L  M    XXIII.     Short    Metre. 

I  'TpKE  Lord  my  flv.-pherd  is. 
1.     I  ilial  be  well  i'upply'd  : 
Since  he  is  mine,  and  1  am  his, 
What  can  I  want  bclide  ? 
2,  He  leads  me  to  the  place 

Where  heav'nly  paftare  grow), 
Where  livmgwaters  gently  pafs, 
And  full  falvation  flows. 

3  If  e'erlgo  aftray, 

He  doth  my  foul  reclaim, 
And  guides  me  in  his  own  right  way, 
For  his  mote  holy  name. 

4  While  he  affords  his  aid, 

I  cannot  yield  to  fear  j 
Tho'  I  lhould  walk  th:o' death, s  dark  made* 
My  Shepherd's  with  me  there. 

5  Inspire  of  all  my  foes 

Thou  doft  my  table  fpread  j 
My  cup  with  blerfings  overflows, 
And  joy  exalts  my  head. 

6  The  bounties  of  thy  love 

Shall  crown  my  rpil'wing  days ; 
Nor  from  thy  houfe  will  I  remove, 
Nsr  ceafe  to  fpeak  thy  praife. 

PSALM    xxiv.    Common    Metre. 

Dwelling  with  Goo. 

I  '"T^  HE  earth  forever  is  the  Lord's 
1     With  Adam's  num'rous  race  j 
He  rais'd  it  arches  o'er  the  floocs, 
And  built  it  on  the  feas. 
a  But  who  among  the  fons  of  men 
May  vifit  thine  abode  ? 
He  who  has  hands  from  mlfchief  cleas, 
W'hof;  heart  is  right  with  God. 
3  This  is  the  man  may  rife  asd  take 
Theblefiings  of  his  grace  : 
This  is  the  lot  of  thofe  who  leek 
The  God  of  Jacob's  race. 
4,  Now  let  your  fouls  immortal  powVs, 
To  meet  the  Lonl  prepare, 
Lift  up  their  cverlafting  doors* 
The  King  ef  glory's  near. 


P    S    A    L    M      XXIV,  p 

S  The  King  of  glory  !  who  can  tell 
The  wonders  ci"  his  might  ? 
He  rules  the  nations  j  but  to  dwell 
With  faints  is  his  delight, 


PSAL  M    XXIV.    Long  Metre. 

Saints  dwell  in  heaven  j  or,  Chrift'j  afccnilon* 

i  '""jpHIS  fpacious earth  is  all  the  Lord's, 

JL     And  men  and  worms,,  and  beafts  and  birds  j 

Herais'd  the  building  on  the  Teas, 

And  gave  it  for  their  dwelling  place. 
3.  But  there's  a  brighter  place  on  high, 

Thy  palace,  Lord,  above  the  fky  : 

Who  fhali  afcend  that  bleft  abode, 

And  dwell  fo  near  his  Maker  God  ? 
%  He  who  abhors  and  fears  to  fin, 

Whofe  heart  is  pure  ,whofe  hands  are  clean, 

Him  mall  the  Lord  the  Sav'our  blefs, 

And  cloath  his  foul  with  right'oufnefa» 
*  Thefe  are  the  men,  the  pious  race, 

Who  feek  the  God  of  Jacob's  face  ? 

Thefe  fhall  enjoy  the  hhTsful  fight,* 

And  dwell  in  everlafting  light. 

Pat   i  s 

5  Rejoice  ye  mining  worlds  on  high, 
Behold,  theKing  of  glory's  nigh  '. 
Who  can  this  King  of  glory  be  ? 
The  mighty  Lord;  the  Sav'our'she. 

6  Ye  heavenly  gates,  your  leaves  dlfplay 
To  make  the  Lord  the  Sav'our  way  : 
Laden  with  fpoils  of  earth  and  hell, 
Theconqu'ror  comes  with  God  to  d 

j  Rais'd  from  the  dead  he  goes  before  ? 
He  opens  heav'ns  eternal  door, 
To  give  his  faints  a  bleft  abode, 
Near  their  Redeemer  aud  their  Gq<L* 

P  S  A  A  L  M    xxv.    Flrft  Purti 
'Waiting  for  pardon  and  iiri&wR. 


l  Y  LIFT  my#  foul  to  Ged, 
X  My  truft  is  in  his  name  j 


3S  PSALM     XXV. 

Let  net  my  foes  who  feek  my  blood. 

Still  triumph  in  my  fhame.       . 
a  Sin  and  the  pow'rs  of  hell 

Perfuade  me  to  defpair  ? 
Lord  make  me  know  thy  cov'nant  well? 

That  I  may  'fcape  the  fnare. 

3  Firft  from  the  dawning  of  the  light, 

'Till  the  dark  ev'ning  rife 
For  thy  falvatifln.   Lord,  I  wait, 
With  ever  longing  eyes. 

4  Remember  all  thy  grace, 

And  lead  me  in  thy  truth  ; 
Forgive  the  fins  of  riper  days, 
And  folies  of  my  youth. 

^  The  Lord  ii  juft  and  kind, 

The  meek  ihall  learn  his  ways, 
And  ev'ry  humble  finnerfind 
The  methods  of  his  grace. 
6  For  his  own  good nefs  fake, 

He  faves  my  foul  from  fhame, 
Hepardons  (though  my  guilt  be  great) 
Thro'  my  redeemer's  name. 

PSALM      xxv.      Second  part. 

DWine  inftruclion. 


I  'IT  THERE  mail  the  man  be  found 
V  V    Who  fears  t'offend  his  God, 
Who  loves  the  gofpel's  found, 
And  trembles  at  the  rod  ? 
a  The  Lord  fhall  make  him  know 
The  fecrets  of  hi$  heart, 
The  wonders  of  his  covenant  ihow, 
And  all  his  love  impart. 

3  The  dealings  of  his  hand 

Are  trutn  and  mercy  ftill, 
With  fuch  as  to  his  cov'nant  ftand, 
And  lo\'e  to  do  his  will. 

4  Their  fouls  fhall  dwell  at  eafe 

Before  their  Maker's  face  : 
Their  feed  fhall  tafte  the  promifes, 
In  their  extcnfive  grace. 

PSALM    XXV.     Third   Part. 


•M 


Diftrefsof  foul  5  or,  backfliding  and  defertion. 

INE  eyes  and  my  defire 
Are  ever  to  the  Lord  ; 


PSALM     XXT„  §0 

I  love  to  dead  his  promifes, 

And  reA  upon  his  word. 
Z  Tarn,  turn  thee  to  thy  foul, 

Bring  thy  falvaticnnesr, 
"VVhen  will  thy  hand  releafe  my  fee£ 

Out  of  the  deadly  fhare  ? 

3  When  fnali  the  fovVeign  grace 

Of  my  forgiving  God, 
Keftore  me  from  thofe  dang'rous  way"; 
My  wand1  ring  feet  have  trod  ! 

4  The  tumult  of  my  thoughts 

Doth  but  enlarge  my  woe  j 
My  fpirit  languishes,  my  heart 
Is  defolate  and  low. 

5  Withev'ry  morning  light 

My  forrow  new  begins  i  j    . 

Look  on  my  anguim  and  my  pain2 
And  pardon  all  my  fins. 

PAUSE, 

g  Behold  the  hofts  of  hell. 
How  cruel  is  their  h3tc  ! 
Againffc  my  life  they  rife  andjoia 
Their  fury  with  deceit. 

7  O  keep  my  foul  from  death, 

Nor  put  my  hope  to  mame  5 
For  I  have  placed  my  only  trufe 
In  my  Redeemers  name. 

8  With  humble  faith  I  wait 

To  fee  thy  face  again  ; 
Of  Ifr'el  it  fliaJl  ne'er  befaidj, 
fclHe  fought  the  Lord  in  vain. 

PSALM    xxvl. 

Self  examination  j  or,  evidence  of  grace* 

t    't'UDGE  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove  my  ways*, 

^}    And  try  my  reins,  and  try  my  heart. 

My  faith,  upon  thy  prornife  frays, 

Nor  from  thy  law  my  feet  depart* 
a  I  hate  to  walk,  I  hate  to  fit 

With  men  of  vanity  and  lies  j 

The  fcoffer  and  the  hypocrite, 

Are  the  abhorrence  of  mine  eyes. 
3  Amongft  thy  faints  I  will  appear, 

With  hands  well  wa&'d  ininnoeenee  j 
F 


40  PSALM     XXVir. 

But  when  I  ftand  before  thy  bar, 
The  blood  of  Chriit  is  my  defence. 

4  Hove  thy  habitation,  Lord, 

The  temple  where  thine  honors  dwell*. 
There  fhall  I  hear  thy  holy  word, 
And  there  thy*' works  of  wonder  tell. 

5  Let  not  ray  foul  be  ioin'd  at  laft 
With  men  of  treaxliery  and  blood, 
Since  I  my  days  on  eirth  have  paft, 
Among  the  faints,  and  near  my  God. 

PSALM    xxvii.    Firft  Part. 

The  Church  is  our  delight  and  hfetv, 

THE  Lord  of  glory  is  my  light, 
And  my  falvation  too  ; 
Cod  is  my  ftrength  j  nor  will  I  fear 
What  all  my  foes  can  do. 

2  One  privilege  my  heart  defires  j 

O  grant  me  an  abode 
Among  the  churches  of  thy  faints, 
The  temples  of  my  God  ! 

3  There  fhaH  I  offer  my  requefts,r 

And  fee  thy  beauty'  ftill  } 
Shall  hear  thy  meflages  of  love, 
And  there  enquire  thy  will. 

(^  When  troubles  rife,  and  ftorms  appear, 
,  There  may  his  children  hide  : 
Ood  has  a  ftrong  pavil'on,  where 
He  makes  my  foul  abide. 
£  Now  mail  my  head  be  lifted  high. 
*~      Above  my  foes  around  j 
Aad  fongs  of  joy  and  victory 
Within  thy  temple  found. 

PSALM     xxvii.    Second  Part. 

Prayer  and  hope* 

SOON  as  I  heard  my  Father  fay. 
Ye  children,  feck  my  grace, 
My  heart  reply'd;  without  delay* 
1*11  feek  my  Father's  face. 
:   Let  not  thy  face  be  hid  from  nae^ 
Hcrr  fir«wn  my  foul  away  : 


P    S    A    L    iv. 

God  of  my  life,  I  fly  to  thee,  =      '■  r  ** 

In  a  diitrefling  day. 

3  Should  friends  and  kindred  near  and  deap 

Leave  me  to  warn  or  die, 
My  God  would  make  my  life  hia  care, 
And  all  my  need  fuppiy. 

4  My  fainting  flefhhad  dy'dwith  grief» 

Had  not  my  foul  believ'd 
To  fee  thy  grace  provide  relief, 
Nor  was  my  hope  deceiv'd. 

5  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  trembling  faints, 

And  keep  your  courage  up  j 
fle'U  raife  your  fpirittwhen  it  faints, 
Ani  far  exceed  your  hope. 


PSALM    xxix« 

Storm  and  thunder* 


*  gT^I  IVE  to  the  Lord,  ye  fons  of  fame, 
\jf  Give  co  the  Lord  renown  and  pow'r  5 
Aicribe  new  honors  to  his  name, 
And  his  e  ternal  might  adore. 

a  TheCord  proclaim^  his  pow'r  aloud 
Over  the  ocean  and  the  land  j 
His  voice  divides  the  wat'ry  cloud, 
And  light'nings  blaze  at  his  command. 

3  He  fpeaks,  and  teinpefts  hail  and  wind, 
Lay  the  wide  foreft  bare  around 

TKe  fearful  hart  and  frighted  hind, 
Leap  at  the  terror  of  the  JounaV 

4  To  Lebanon  he  turns  his  voice, 
And  lo,  the  ftatelycedars  break  ! 
The  mountains  tremble  atthenoife, 
Thevallies  rear,  the  defarts  quake. 

5  The  Lord  fits  fov'' reign  on  the  flood, 
The  thund'rer  reigns  forever  King  % 
But  makes  his   church  his  beft  abode, 
Where  we  his  awful  glories  fing. 

6  In  gentler  language  there  the  Lord 
The  counfels  of  his  grace  imparts  : 
Amidft  the  raging  ifrn-m,  his  word 
Speaks  peace  ani  courage  to  our  hearts. 


&  PSALM      XXX, 

PSALM    XXX.     Firfl  Fart. 

Slcknefs  healed,  and  forrow  removed* 

j  T  WILL  extol  thse,  Lord,  on  high, 
J.   At  thy  command  uiieafeo  fly  : 
Who  bat  a  God  can  fpeak  ana  fave 
From  the  dark  borders  of  the  grave  ? 

*  Sing  to  the  Lord,  ye  faints  of  his, 
■  And  tell  how  large  his  goodnefs  is  ; 
Le>;  all  your  pow'rs  rejoice  and  blefs, 
While  you  record  his  hoiinefs. 

2  His  anger  but  a  moment  flays  j 
His  love  is  life  and  length  of  days  : 
Thro'  grief  and  tears  the  night  employ, 
The  morning-flar  reflores  the  joy. 

PSALM      xxx.      Second  part, 

Health,  ficknefs,  and  recovery, 

X  ip-lRM  was  my  health,  my  day  was  bright 
J7    And  I  prefum'd,  'twould  ne'er  benight  : 
Fondly  I  faid  within  my  heart, 
**'  Pieafure  and  peace  fhail  ne'er  depart."" 

2  Eut  I  forgot  thine  arm  was  flrong, 

Which  made  my  mountain  fland  fo  long  j 

Soon  as  thy  face  began  to  hide, 

My  health  was  gone,  my  comforts  dy'd. 

j  I  cry'd  aloud  to  thee,  my  God  ! 

"  What  can'ft  thou  profit  by  my  blood  ? 

11  Deep  in  the  dull  can  I  declare 

"  Thy  truth,  or  fing  thy  goodnefs  there  } 

4  Hear  me,  O  God  of  grace  !  I  faid,       ^ 
"  And  bring  me  from  among  the  dead  : 
Thy  word  rebukM  the  pains  1  felt,  _ 
Thy  pard'ning  love  remov'd  my  guilt. 

5  My  groans,  and  tears,  and  forms  of  woe, 
.Are  turn' d  to  joy  and  praiiss  now  ; 

I  throw  my  fackcloth  on  the  ground, 
Andeafeandgladnefs  gird  me  round. 

6  My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame, 
Shdl  ne'er  be  filent  o'f  thy  name  j 

Thy  praife  lhail  fouod  thro'  earch  and  he*V*Jl> 
Yor  ficknefs  teal'd  and  fins  forgiv'a* 


P    S    A    L    M      .JXXX 

PSAl  M    xxja.    Tirft  Part, 

Deliverance  from  death,, 

1  Y  NTO  thine  hand,  O  God  of  truth, 
X  My  fpirit  I  commit  j 
'1  hou  hail  redeem'd  my  foul  from  deaths 
And  iav'd  me  from  uie  pit. 
a  The  paifions  of  my  hope  and  fear 
Maintain'd  a  doubtful  ftrif?, 
While  forrow,  pain,  and  im  confpir'd 
To  take  away  my  life, 
g  My  times  are  in  thine  hand,  I  cry'd, 
Tho'  I  draw  near  the  duft  : 
Thou  art  the  refuge  where  I  hid s, 
The  God  in  whom  I  truft. 
4  O  make  thy  reconciled  face 
Upon  thyfervantfhine, 
And  fave  me  for  thy  mercies  fake, 
ForTm  entirely  thine. 

PAUSE. 

£$  *Twas  inmyhafte  my  fpirit  faid, 
I  muft  defp<ir  and  die, 
I  am  cut  oft  before  thine  eyes  ; 
But  thou  haft  heard  my  cry.  J 
6  Thy  goodnefs,  how  divinely  free  ! 
How  wond'rous  is  rhy  grnce,     ' 
To  thofe  who  fear  thy  Majefty, 
And  truft  thy  promifes  ! 
n  O  love  tne  .ivjrd,  all  ye  his  faints, 
And  finghis  praifesloud; 
He'll  lend  his  ear  to  your  complaints. 
And  recompence  the  proud. 


PSALM    xxxi    Second  Fart, 
Deliverance  frcm  flanderand  repreach* 

2  "\ /TY  heart  rejoices  in  thy  n2mc, 
IV1  My  God,  my  Help,  my  Truft ; 
Thou  haft  perferv'dmy  face  fromfhame, 
Mine  honor  from  the  duft. 
%  "  My  life  is  fpentwith  grief  I  cry'd, 
*c  My  yean  confum'din  groansj 


4*  PSALM    XXXI. 

"  <¥yA*??gtk'  deCa>'S'  mine  e>'es  **  dry  \L 
And  lorrow  wattes  my  bone*.  "       ' 

3  Among  mine  enemies,  my  name 

Was  a  mere  proverb  grown 
While  to  my  neighbours  1  became 
forgotten  and  unknown. 

4  Slander  and  fear  onevVy  fide 

Seiz'd  and  befetme  round: 
1  to  the  throne  of  grace  apply'd, 
And  jpeedy  reieuc  found 

P    A    V   $  JR. 

5  How  great  deli  France  thou  haft  wrowht 

Before  the  ions  of  men  ! 
The  lying  lips  to  filence  brought, 
And  made  their  boafting  vain  ! 

6  Thy  children,  from  theftrife  oftong.es, 

Shall  thy  pavil'on  hide,  S       * 

Guard  them  from  infamy  and  wrongs, 
Andcru/h  thefons  of  pride. 

7  Within  thy  fecret  prefence,  Lord, 

Let  me  forever  dwell ; 
No  fenced  city  wall'd  and  barr'd 
Secures  a  faint  fo  well. 

PSALM    xxxii    Short  IU_. 
Forgivencfs  of  fin  upon  eonfe/Tion. 

*  (~\  BLESSED  fouls  are  they 
V>/  Whofe  fins  are  cover'd  o'er  ■ 
Divinely  bleft,  to  whom  the  Lord  ' 
Imputes  their  guilt  no  more, 
a  They  mourn  their  follies  part:, 

And  keep  their  hearts  with  care  ; 
Tineirlips  and  lives  without  deceit 
Shall  prove  their  faith  fincere. 

3  While  I  conceal'd  my  guilt 

I  felt  the  feftYmg  wound, 
'Till  I  confefs'd  my  fins  to  thee,     • 
And  ready  pardon  found. 

4  Let  finners  learn  to  pray, 

Let  faints  keep  near  the  throne  : 
«ur  help  m  times  of  deep  diftefa 
'     Is  found  in  God  alone. 


PS   A   L   M     xxxr. 


PSALM    xxxii.    Common  Metre. 

Free  pardon  and  fincere  obedience  j  or,  confenV 
and  forgivenefs. 

3  TTAPPY  the  man  to  whom  his  God 
A.  Jt   No  more  imputes  his  fin, 
But  wafti'd  in  the  Redeemer's  blood, 
Hath  made  his  garments  clean  1 
3  Happy,  beyond  expreinon,  he 

W  hofe  debts  are  thus  difcharg'd 
And  from  the  guilty  bondage  free, 
He  feels  his  foul  enlarged. 
3  His  fpirit  hates  deceit  and  lies, 
His  words  are  all  fincere  : 
He  guards  his  heart,  he  guards  his  eyW 
^        And  keeps  his  confcience  clear. 
While  I  my  inward  guilt  fuppreft 

No  quiet  could  I  find  ; 
Thy  wrath  lay  burning  in  my  breaft, 
And  rack'd  my  tortur'd  mind. 

5  Then  I  confefs'd  my  troubled   thought?; 

My  fecret  fins  reveal' d  j 
Thy  pard'ning  grace  forgave  my  faults,, 
Thy  love  my  pardon  feal'd. 

6  This  lhall  invite  thy  faints  to  pray  ; 

While,  like  a  raging  flood, 
Temptations  rife,  our  ilrength  and  ftay 
Is  a  forgiving  God. 


P  S  A  L  M    xxxii.     Fir*  P*rt, 

Repentance  and  free  pardon  ;  ors  jufti£tatio»  as^J 
fanftification. 


S  TJLEST  is  the  man,  forever  bleft, 
Ml  Whofe  guilt  is  pardon'd  by  his  God, 
Whofe  fins  with  forrow  are  confefs'd, 
And  cover'd  with  his  Sav'our's  blood. 

2  Bleft:  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord 
Imputes  not  his  iniquities, 
He  pleads  no  merit  of  reward, 
And  not  on  works,  but  grace  relies, 

|  From  guile  his  heart  and  lips  are  fre«  t. 
His  hurable  jqy,  his  holy  fear. 


4$  PSALM      XXXll. 

With  deep  repentance  well  agree,        * 
And  join  to  prove  his-  faith  fincere' 
4  Howglor'ous  is  that  right'oufnefs 
Which  hides  and  cancels  all  his  fins  \ 
While  a  bright  evidence  of  grace 
Thro'  his  whole  life  appears  and  mines. 

PSALM    xxxii.     Second  Part. 

A  guilty  conference  eas'd  by  confeflion  and  pardon 


'W 


HILE  I  ktep  filence  and  conceal 
My  heavy  guilt  within  my  heart. 


What  torments  doth  my  confciencc  feel  i 
What  agonies  of  inwatd  fmart  ! 
X  I  fpread  my  fins  before  the  Lord, 
And  all  my  fecret  faults  confefs  ; 
The  gofpel  fpeaks  a  pard'ning  word, 
Thy  holy  fpirit  feals  the  grace. 

3  For  this  ihallev,ry  humble  foul, 
Make  fwift  addre'lfefs  to  thy  feet ; 
When  floods  of  huge  temptations  roll, 
There  mall  they  find  a  bleft  retreat. 

4  How  fafa  beneath  thy  wings  I  lie, 
When  days  grow  dark  and  ftorms  appear? 
And  when  I  walk,  thy  watchful  eye 
Shall  guide  me  fife  from  ev'ry  fnare. 

PSALM    xxxiii.      Firil  Part: 

Works  of  creation  and  providence-' 
3  "O  E  JOICE  ye  right'ous,  in  the  Lord, 
£V  This  work  belongs  to  you: 
Sing  of  his  name,  his  ways,  his  word, 
How  holy,  juft,  and  true  ! 
a  His  mercy  and  his  right'oufnefs 
Letheav'n  and  earth  proclaim  5 
His  works  of  nature  and  of  grace 
Reveal  his  wond'rous  name. 

3  His  wifdom  and  almighty  word 

The  heav'nly  arches  fpread  j 
And  by  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
Their  mining  hofts  were  made* 

4  He  had  the  liquid  waters  flow 

To  their  appointed  deep  j 
The  flowing  feas  their  limits  know? 
And  their  own  ftation  keep. 
3  Ye  tenants  of  the  fpacious  earth, 
with  fear  before  him  ftand  ; 

/ 


PSALM      XXXIII.  0 

He  fpake,  and  nature  took  its  birth 

And  reltson  his  command. 
6  He  (corns  the  angry  nations  rage9 

And  breaks  their  vain  defignsy 
His  counfei  Hands  thro'  ev'ry  age, 

And  in  fuli  glory  ihines. 

PSALM    xxxiii.     Second    Pan* 

Creatures  vain,  and  God  ali-fufficlent* 

I  "IDLEST  is  the  nation  where  the  Lord 
X)     Hath  nVd  his  glorious  thrme 
Where  he  revea.s  his'hea-v'niy  words 
And  calls  their  tribes  his  jwn. 
%  His  eye,  with  infinite  lurvey 
•  Does  the  whole  wjrla  behjid  \ . 
He  form'd  us  all  or*  equaiciays 
And  knows  our  feeble  m.uid. 

3  Kings  are  not  refcu'd  by   he  force 

Or  armies  from  -he  grave  j 
Nor  fpeed  nor  courage  of  an  ho.fe 
Can  che  boid  rider  leave; 

4  Vain  is  the  itrength  of  beafts  or  men 

To  hope  for  fafety  chence  j 
But  holy  fouls  fro. n  God  obtain 
Aftrongand  fui9*defence. 
r  God  is  cheir  fear,  and. God  their  truf^, 
When  plagues  or  famine  fpread  j 
His  watchful  eye  fecures  thejuit, 
Among  ten  thoufaad  dead. 
6  Lord  let  our  hearts  in  thee  rejoice, 
And  blefs  usfromchy  throne  j 
For  we  have  maJe  thy  word  our  choice, 
Ani.  truit  thy  ^rase  alone. 

PSALM    xxxiii.    As  the  1131*1 

Pfalm.    FirftPart, 

Works  of  creation  and  providence. 

j  \TE  holy  fouls,  in  God  rejoice, 

JL     Your  Maker's  praife  becomes  your  voice, 
Great  is  your  theme,  your  fongs  be  new  ?        • 
Sing  of  his  name,  his  word,  his  ways. 
His  Works  of  nature  and  of  grace,  • 
Mow  wife  and  holy,  juft  and  tme  ' 


4*  PSALM     XXXIJI. 

*  Juftice  and  truth  he  ever  loves, 
And  the  whole  earth  hisgoodnefg  proves, 

His  word  the  heav'nly  arches  fpread  ; 
How  wide  they /hine  from  north  to  fouth  ! 
And  by  the  fpirit  of  his  mouth 
Were  all  the  ftarry  armies  made. 

3  He  gathers  the  wide  flowing  Teas, 
Thofewat'ry  treafures  know  their  place, 

In  the  vaft  ftore-houfe  of  the  deep  : 
He  fpake  and  gave  all  nature  birth, 
And  fires,  and  reap,  and  heav'n  and  earthy 

Hiseverlafting  orders  keep. 

4  Let  mortals  tremble  and  adore 
A  God  of  fuch  refiftlefs  pow'r, 

Nor  dare  indulge  their  feeble  rage  : 
Vain  are  your  tho'ts,  *nd  weak  your  hands  : 
But  his  eternal  counfel  ftands, 

And  rules  the  world  from  age  to  age. 


PSALM    xxxiii.      Second  Part. 
Creatures  vain,  and  God  all-fufficient. 


J  f\  HAPPY  nation,  where  the  Lord 
V_y  Reveals  the  the  treafure  of  his  word, 

And  builds  his  church,  his  earthly  throne  I 
His  eye  the  heathen  world  furveys, 
He  forms  their  hearts,  he  knows  their  ways, 
But  God  their  Maker  is  unknown, 
a  Let  kings  rely  upon  their  hoft, 
And  of  "hit  ftrength  the  champion  boaft  ! 

In  vain  they  boalt,  in  vain  rely  ! 
In  vain  we  truft  thr  brutal  force, 
Or  fpeed  or  courage  of  an  horfe, 
To  guard  his  rider  or  to  fly, 

3  The  eye  of  thy  companion,  Lord,- 
Doth  more  fecure  defence  afford 

When  death  and  dangers  threatening  ftind  ; 
Thy  watchful  eye  preferves  the  juft, 
"Who  make  their  name  thy  fear  and  truft,, 

Wh;:ri  waifs  or  famine  waftes  the  land* 

4  Inficknefi  or  the  bloody  field, 
Thou  our  phylkian,  thou  our  fhield, 

Send  ns  1  alvation  from  thy  throne  : 
We  wait  to  fee  thy  goodnefs  <hine  j 
L*t  hs  rejoice  in  health  divine, 
Ftfr  aM  our  hope  is  God  alone. 


PSALM      XXXIV.  49 

PSALM    xxxiv.    Firft  Part. 
God's  care  of  the  faints  5  or,  deliverance  by  prayer. 

X  T     ORD  I  will  blefs  thee  all  my  days, 

y_j  Thy  praife  fhall  dwell  upon  my  tongue  J 

My  foul  mall  glory  in  thy  grace, 

While  faints  rejoice  to  hear  the  fong. 
a  Come  magnify  the  Lord  with  me. 

Come  let  us  all  exalt  his  name  j 

I  fought  th'  eternal  God,  and  he 

Has  not  expos' d  my  hope  to  fhame. 
3  I  told  him  all  my  iecret  grief, 
*   My  fecret  groaning  reach'd  his  ears  j 

He  gave  my  inward  pains  relief, 

And  calnfdthe  tumult  of  my  fears. 

4  To  him  the  poor-  lift  up  their  eyes, 
Their  faces  feel  the  hes,v'nly  mine  j 
A  beam  of  mercy  from  the  Ikies 
Fills  them  with  light  and  joy  divine^, 

5  His  holy  angels  pitch  their  tents 
Around  the  men  who  ferve  the  Lord  ; 
O  fear  and  love  him,  all  ye  faints, 
Tafte  of  his  grace,  and  traft  his  word  ! 

£  The  wild  young  lions,  pinch'dwith  pain 
And  hunger,  roar  thro'  all  the  Wood  : 
But  none  mail  feek  the  Lord  in  vain, 
Nor  want  fupplies  of  real  good  . 

P  S  A  L  M.    xxxiv.    Firft  Part. 

Religious  education  j  or,  inilruction  of  piety. 

CHILDREN  in  years  and  knowledge  young, 
Your  parents'  hope,  your  parents' joy, 
Attend  the  counfcls  of  my  tongue, 
Let  pious  thoughtsyour  minds  employ* 
a  If  you  defire  a  length  of  days, 
'    And  peace  to  crown  your  mortaj  irate, 
Reftrainyour  feet  from imp'ous  ways 
Your  lips  from  flander  and  deceit. 

3  To  humble  fouls  and  broken  heart*, 
God  with  his  grace  is  ever  nigh  : 
Pardon  and  hope  his  love  imparts, 
When  men  of  deep  contrition  lye. 

4  He  tells  their  tears,  he  counts  their  groans, 
His  fon  redeems  their  fouls  from  death  j 
His  fcirit  heals  their  broken  bone3, 
•They' in  hri  prkfe  employ  tkeir  bf«ath<, 


> 


PSALM      XXXJV, 

PSALM    xxxiv.    Firil  Part  Common  Mete*. 

Prayer  and  praife  for  eminent  delivery. 


>   T'LL  blefs  the  Lord  from  day  to  day  ; 
J-   How  good  are  ad  his  wa  ,s'  Y  ? 

*  e  humrde  f )als  who  ul-c  to  /    • 

tome»  help  my  iipstj  praife, 
*  Sing  to  the  honor  or  h;s  name* 
How  a  poof- firmer  ciy'd  ' 

Noi  was  his  imt  denyV 

3  WAn(^Zfn?s  r°rr',vs  *ound  mc  iW- 
And  endless  fears  aro&i  ;™ 

Like  the  loud  billows  of  a  flood,'  '      ' 

Redoubling  all  my  woes  : 

i  Wp„  th  be^7  groans  and  tears/ 
And  filenc'd  all  my  fears. 

p  a   u  s  l\ 

IS  O  tinners  come  and  taffc  his  loye, 
i-ome,  learn  his  pleaUnt  ways, 
And  lee  your  own  experience  proVe 
The  rweetnefs  of  his  grace.      . 
«  He  bids  his  angels  pitch  their  tents 
Round  where  his  children  dwell; 
What  ills  their  heav'nly  care  prevent^ 
No  earthly  tongue  can  tell.  J  J 

[7  O  love  the  Lord,  ye  faints  of  his  >  - 
His  eye  regards  the  juft: 
How  richly  bleft  their  portion  is 
Who  make  the  Lord  their truft  » 
*  Young  lions  oinch'd  with  hunger  roar, 
Andfami/h  in  the  wood:     *  ' 

™R°d  f"rph"«  his  holy  poor. 
With  ev'ry  needful  good.] 

PSALM      xxxiv.      Second  fart, 
Exhortation  to  peace  andholinefs. 

2  Cj°A^\umren>  learn  t0  f«r  the  L*rd, 

«  2  3  fa,fe  or  fPJte'u»  word 
-«e  found  upon  jour  touguc, 


P    S    4    L    M     3CXXV. 

a  Depart  from  Mifchief,  pracfcife  love, 
Purlue  the  works  of  peace  : 
So  ihall  the  Lora  your  ways  approve, 
Ana  lee  your  louis  at  eaie. 

3  His  eyes  awake  to  guarct  the  juft, 

His  ears  attend  tnei.  cry  : 
When  uroken  lpirits  dw  .ii  in  duft, 
The  Goa  or  grace  is  nigh. 

4  What  tho'  the  ijr  ows  here  they  rafts 

Are  fharp  and  tedious  too  ? 
The  Lord  wno  faves  them  at  the  laft, 
Is  theL  fa pporter  now. 
3  Evil  ihali  fmite  tne  wicked  dead  j 
But  Goa  fecures  his  own  : 
Prevents  the  miichief  wnen  they  ilide# 
Or  heais  the  broken  bone. 
6  When  desolation,  like  a  flood, 
O'er  the  proud  linner  rolls, 
Qr  finds  a  refuge  in  their  God, 
for  he  redeems  their  fouls. 

PSALM    xxxv.     FIrfc  Part. 

Prayer  and  faith  of  perfecuted  faints  5 
Imprecations  mixt  with   charity. 

2  "X.TOW  plead  my  caufe,  almighty  God, 
J/N     'Vith  all  the  Ions  of  ftrixe  j 

An  .'fig i:  agalnft  the  men  ofbiood, 

Who  fight  againft my  lite . 
a  Draw  out  thy  fpear  and  flop  their  way, 

Lrft  thine  avenging  rod  ; 
But  to  my  i">alm  nercv  fiy, 

I  am  thy  Sav'our  God. 

3  They  plant  their  fnures  toe  tchmy  fcet> 

And  nets  )f*  tiifchiofpread  j 
Piungethe  ieftfroyersfn  the  pit 

Which  their  own  hands  h'.ve  made. 

4  Let  fogs  .ind  darknefs  hide  their  way. 

And  flipp'ry  be  their  ground  j 
Thy  wrath  Ihall  make  their  lives  a  prey, 
And  all  their  rage  command. 

3  They  fly  like  chaff  before  the  wind, 

Before  thy  angry  breath  j 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  behind, 
%     Purfues  them  down  to  death, 

4  They  love  the  road  which  leads  tofceHj 

Then  let  the  rebels  die, 
Whofe  malice  is  implacable 
Agaioft  the  Lord  a  moil  high, 


S*  PSALM    XXXV. 

7  But  if  thou  haft  achofen  few 

Amongft  that  imp'ous  race;, 
Divide  them  from  tbe  bloody  crew 

By  thy furpnJing  grace 
Then  will  I  raife  my  tuneful  voice 

To  maice  thywonoers  kruwu  : 
In  their  falvation  I'll  rejoice, 

Andblcfs  thee  for  my  own, 

PSALM    xxxv.     Second  part. 

Love  to  enemies ;  or,  the  love  of  Chrift  to  finaert 
typified  ia  David> 

I   T)  EH  OLD  the  love,  the  gen\rouslovea 
J3  Which  holy  David  fhows  !  * 

Hark,  how  his  founding  bowels  move 
To  his  alflicted  foes  ! 
a  When  they  are  fick,  his  foul  complain* 
And  feems  to  feel  the  frnart 
The  fpirit  ofthegofpel  reigns, 
And  melts  his  pious  heart. 

3  How  did  his  flowing  tears  condole, 

As  for  a  brother  a  c^d  \ 
And  falling  mortify'd  his  foul, 
While  for  their  life  he  pray'd. 

4  They  groanM,  and  curs'd  him  on  their  bed, 

Yetftili  he  pleads  and  m6urns  j 
And  double  bklhngs  or.  his  head 
.  The  right'ous  Lord  returns. 
O  glorious  type  of  heav'nly  grace  ! 

Thus  Chrift  the  Lord  appear3  $ 
While  finnerscurfe,  the  Sav'ourprayj, 

And  pities  them  with  tears  ! 
€-He,  the  true  David,  Ifr'el's  King, 

Bleft  and  belov'dof  God 
To  fave  us  rebels  dead    in  fin, 

Paid  his  own  deareft  blood. 

PSALM    xxxvi.    Long  Metre 

The  perfections  and  providence  of  God  ;  *r, 
general  providence  aad  fpeeial  grac?. 


HIG] 
Ti 


IGH  in  the  heav'ns,  eternal  God, 
I*  JL  Thy  goodnefs  in  full  glory  mines 
Vhy  truth  ihall  break  thro1  cv'ry  cloud, 
Li'h'i-ch  veils  and  darkens  thy  defies . 


PSALM      XXXVI. 

a  Forever  firm  thy jufticeftands, 

As  mountains  their  foundations  keep  • 

Wife  are  the  wonders  of  thy  bands, 

Thy  judgements  are  a  mighty  deep. 
3  Thy  providence  is  kind  and  large, 

Both  man  and  beaft  thy  bounty  ihare  ? 

The  whole  creation  is  thy  charge, 

But  faints  are  thy  pecul'arcare. 

My  God  !  how  excellent  is  thy  grace, 

Whence  all  our  hope  ?nd  comfort  fpriagi ! 

The  fons  ef  Adam  in  diftrels 

Fly  to  the  ihadovvof  thy  wings 

5  From  the  provisions  of  thy  houfe 
We  /hall  be  fed  v.ith  fweet  repair;  ; 
There  mercy  like  a  river  flows; 
And  brings  falvation  to  our  tafie. 

6  Life,  like  a  fountain  rich  and  free," 
Springs  from  the  prefence  of  the  Lord  | 
And  in  thy  light  our  fouls  ihall  fee 
The  glories  promis'd  in  thy  word. 

PSALM    xxxvi.    Commo*  Metre. 

Practical  Atheifm  expos'd  ;  or,'  the  being  an4  attri»i$*s% 
of  God  afferted. 

I  TT  7HILE  men  grow  bold  in  wicked  way* 
V  V       And  yet  a  God  they  own, 
My  heart  within  me  often  fays, 

Their  thoughts  bdieve  there's  none, 
a  Their  thoughts  and  ways  at  oncedeclare, 
(Whatever  their  lips  profefs) 
God  hath  no  wrath  tor  them  to  fear, 
Nor  will  they  feek  his  grace. 

3  Whatftrange  felf  flatt'ry  blinds  their  eyts  ! 

But  there's  ahaft'ning  hour, 
When  they  mall  fee  with  fore  furprife, 
The  terrors  of  thy  pow'r. 

4  Thy  juftice  mall  maintain  its  throne,  ' 

Tho'  mountains  melt  away  ; 
Thy  judgements  are  a  world  unkaown, 
A  deep  unfathom'd  fea. 
c  Above  thefe  heav'ns  created  rounds, 
Thy  mercies,  Lord,  extend  : 
Thy  truth  outlives  thy  narrow  bo*n4* 
Where  time  and  natwre  end. 
6  Safety  to  man  thy  goodriefs  bring*, 
Ner  o?eil«#ks  the  teai*  j 


Si 


5«      ,  .       P  S  A  L  M    xxxvn. 

t/ Jth*;*^of  thy  wing, 
1  hy  children  chife  to  reft 

And  mortal  com  fart.  dfe  ow» 

PerpetaJfpnngsoflKewillflow 

.AnJraife  our pleafure high. ' 

*  Tho'  all  created  light:  iecav 

And  death  cJoff  up  our%g 

Thvrr.ience  makes  ete,na)  day. 

Where  clouds  can  never  rife. 

Thewlckedn^er^^^^t,f-!  £*«. 

He  hadinofa thof  God  withL'    ' 
Nor  rear  before  his  eyes.        * 
£  i  He  walks  awhile  conceal'd 

I  ill  his  dark  cnmej,  at  once  ri***VA 
Expofe  his  hatefulname?!    r^al  d* 
]  KIS  heart  is  falfe  and  foul, 

Hs  words  are  fmoothand  fair; 

Wifdomis  banift'd  from  hisfoul. 

And  leaves  no  goodnefs  there. 

4  He  plots  upon  his  bed,    ■■ 

New  mifchieft  to  fulfil, 
He  fets  his  heart,  and  hand,  and  hearf, 
To  pra&ife  all  that's  ill.  * 

5  But  there's  a  dreadful  God, 

Though  men  renounce  his  fear; 
His  vaftice,  hid  behind  the  cloud, 
shall  one  great  day  appear. 
6  His  truth  tranfcends  the  ficy, 
In  heav'n  his  mercies  dwell ; 
Deep  as  the  fea  his  judgement*  He, 
His  anger  burns  to  hell. 
.  7  How  excellent  his  love, 

Whence  all  our  fafety  fprings  ? 
O  never  let  my  foul  remove 
From  underneath  his  wings. 

PSALM    xxxvii.    Firft  Part. 
¥  V     To  fee  the  wicked  rife  f  * 


PSALM       XXXVII,  55 

Orenvy  finners  waxing  great 
By  violence  and  Ues  ! 
z  As  flow'ry  grace  cut  down  at  noon, 
Before  the  ev'ning  fades,_ 
So  mall  thei   g tones  vanifh  loon, 
In  everlaiting  fh  des. 

3  Then  let  me  ma.-ce  the  Lord  my  truft, 

And  pra&ice  all  that's  god  ; 
So  mall  I  dwell  among  the  juft, 
And  he'll  provide  me  food. 

4  I  to  my  God  rry  ways  commit. 

And  chaar/ulwa.t  his  wdl  ;" 
Thy  hand  which  guides  my  d  >ubiful  feet, 
S'ha.l  my  defires  fulfil. 

5  Mine  innocence  flialt  thou  difplay, 

And  make  thy  judgements  known, 
Fair  as  the  light  of  dawning  day, 
And  glor'ous  as  the  noon. 

6  The  meek  at  laft  the  earth  pofiefs, 

And  are  the  heirs  of  of  heav'n  j 
True  riches  with  abundant  peace^ 
To  humble  fouls  are  givJn. 

PAUSE. 

7  Reft  in  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way, 

Nor  let  your  anger  rife, 
Tho'  providence  mould  long  delay 
To  punifh  haughty  vice 

8  Let:  finners  join  to  break  your  peace, 

And  plot,  and  rage,  and  foam; 

The  Lord  derides  Mem,   for  he  lees 

Their  day  of  veng'ance  come. 

9  They  have  drawn  out  the  threat' hi ng  fword, 

Have  bent  the  mard'ous  bow, 
To  flay  the  men  who  fear  the  Lord, , 
And  bring  the  right'ous  low. 

10  My  God  fhall  break  their  bows,  and  burn 

Their  persecuting  darts, 
Shall  their  own  fwords  againft  them  turn. 
And  pain  lurprile  their  hearts. 

PSALM    xxxvii.      Second    Part, 
Charity  to  the  poor  ;  or,  Religion  in  words  and  dscit. 


w 


HY  do  the  wealthy  wicked  boaft, 
And  grow  profane'iv  bold  I 
'  K 


&  P    S    A    L    M      XX  A  711 

The  meaneft  portion  of  the  juft 

FxceJls  the  linncr's  gold. 
2  The  wicked  borrows  ot  his  friends, 

Bui  ne'er  defigns  to  pay  : 
The  faint  is  merciful,  and  tends,  '*■' 

Nor  turns  the  poor  away. 
His  alms  with  lib'ial  heart  he  gTvcs 

Amongft  the  ions  of  neea  j 
His  memVy  to  long  ages  livel> 

And  bleif'ed  is  his  feed. 

4  His  lips  abhor  to  talk  profane, 

To /lander  or  defraud  j 
His  r?ady  tongue  declares  to  men 
What  he  has  learn'd  of  God; 

5  The  law  and  golpel  of  the  Lord 

Deep  in  his  heart  abide  j 

Led  by  the  fpirit  and  the  word, 

His  feet  ihall  never  Aide. 

6  When  finners  fall,  the  right'ous  ftand, 

Preferv'd  from  *v'ry  fnarej 
They  ihall  poffefs  the  promised  land, 
And  dwell!  forever  these. 

PSALM    xxxvYu     Third  Part. 

The  way  and  end  cf  the  righteous  anJ  the' wjeft^ 

1  Tl^Y  God  the  fteps  of  pious  men 
j\X   Are  order1  d  by  thy  will  5 
'i'ho'  they  mould  fall,  they  rife  again3 
Thy  fcand  fupports  them  ftill. 
%  The  Lord  delights  to  foe  their  ways, 
Their  virtue  he  approves  : 
He'll  »e'er  deprive  the**  or  his  gfacoj 
Nor  leaves  the  men  he  loves. 

3  The  heav'nly  heritage  i^  theirs, 

Their  portion  and  their  home  :      - 
He  feeds  them  now,  and  makes  the^n  heirs 
Of  bleffings  long  to  come. 

4  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  fons  of  men, 

Nor  fear  when  tyrants  frown  ; 

Ye  mallconfeis  their  wide  was  vainj 

When  juil*  calls  them  down. 

P    A    U    8     I 

t  The  haughty  fuyier  have  I  feeiij 
Npt  fearirtg  man  not  C-c*ii 


PSALM    XXXIII. 

Like  a  tail  bay-tree,  fait'  ami  green, 

Spreading  his  arms  abroad. 
6r  And  to  he  vaninVd  from  the  ground, 

Deflroy'd  by  hands  unfcen  ! 
Nor  root,  nor  brands,  nor  leaf  was  found 

Where  all  that  pride  had  been. 
7-  But  mark  the  man  of  righfowmefs. 

His  feveral  fteps  attend  ; 
True  pleafure  runs  thro'  all  his  ways, 

And  peaceful  is  his  end/ 

PSALM    xxxviil. 

Guilt  of  confei#nce  and  relief;  or,  Repentance  .^nd 
prayer   for  pardon  and  health. 

s     A  MIDST  thy  wrath,  remember  love, 
il  Reftore  thy  fervant.  Lord, 
Nor  let  a  father's  chaiVning  prove 
Like  an  avenger's  fword. 
2.  Thine  arrows  ftick  within  my  heart, 
My  fleih.is  forely  preft : 
Between  the  forfow  and  th»  fmart, 
My  fpirit  finds  no  reft. 

3  My  fins  a  heavy  load  appear, 

And  o'er  my  head  are  gone  ; 
Too  heavy  they  forme  to  bear, 
Too  hard  for  me  t'attone, 

4  My  thoughts  are  like  a  troubled  Cc*? 

My  head ftill bending  down; 

And  I  go  mourning  all  the  day 

Beneath  my  father's  frowo. 

5  Lord,  I  am  wsak  and  broken  fore, 

None  of  my  po-vr's  are  whole : 
The  inward  angui/h  makes  me  roar* 
The  anguilh  of  my  foul. 
0  All  my  derire  to  thee  is  known» 
Thine  eye  counts  ev'ry  tear, 
And  ev'ry  ngh,    and  ev'ry  groan 
Is  notie'd  by  thine  ear. 
7  Thou  art  my  God,  my  only  hope  5 
My  Godwil!  hear  me  cry, 
My  God  will  bear  my  fpirit  up 
When  fatan  bids  me  die, 
[  g  My  foot  is  aver  apt  to  Aide, 
Mv  foes  rejoice  to  lee'tj 
Thev  raife  their  pleafure  and  their  pride; 
Wfeenthey  fayplant  my  feet. 


i*  PSALM      XXXIX. 

g  But  I'll  confefsmy  guiit  lo  thee, 
And  grieve  tor  ail  my  li;,  i 
1*11  mourn  how  we.!,;,  mj  6.aces  be, 
Ana    beb  rapport  divine. 
Jo  My  God,   /orgive  my  follies  pail, 
Ana  Le  torcver  nigh  , 
O  Lord  of  my  laivacion,  hafte, 
Eeiore  thy  iervant  -ie.  j 

PSALM  xxxix.    Firft  Part. 

V7atwhfulnefs  over  the  tongue j  or,   prujence 
and  zeal. 

x  npHUS  I  refolv'd  before  the  Lord, 

Left  I  Let  flip  one  finful  word,  ■ 

Or  do  my  neighbour  wiong." 

2  A^'fuIm   eer  conftl"3in'd  toftay 

W  th  men  of  lives   profane, 
ri!  let  a  doable  guard  that  day, 
^  Nor  let  my  talk  be  vain, 

3  Fll  fcarce  allow  mv  lips  to  fpeak 

The  pious  thoughts  I  feel, 
Left  Jcoffers  moulc  th'  occafion  take 
To  mock  my  holy  zeal. 

4  Yet,  if  fome  proper  hour  appear, 

I'll,  not  be  over-aw'd, 
But  lee  the  jcoffing  finners  hear  • 
That  I  can  fpeak  for  God. 

PSALM    xxxlx.     Second  Part, 

The  vanity  of  man  as  mortal, 

I  r-pXACH  me  the  roeafure  of  my  days. 
JL      Thou  maker  of  my  frame  ; 
I  would  lurvey  life's  narruw  fpace, 
And  learn  how  fra:l  I  am. 
j  A  fnan  is  all  which  we  can  boaft, 
An  inch  or  two  of  time 
Man  is  but  vanity  and  duft,,  -2 

In  all  his  fiow'r  and  prime. 
3  See  the  vain  race  of  mortals  move 
Like  fhadows  o'er  the  plain, 
They  rage  and  ftrive,  deiire  and  love, 
But  all  their  noife  is  vain. 
4    Some  waik  in  honor's  gaudy  ftiow, 
Some  dig  for  golden  ore, 


PSALM      XXXIX. 

They  toil  for  heirs  they  know  not  who, 
And  ftraightare  ieen  no  more. 
7hat  could  I  wifh  or  wait  for  then 
From  crea:ures,  earth  and  duft  ? 
'  They  make'our  expectations  vain, 
And  dil'appoint  our  truft. 

Now  I  forbid  my  carnal  hope, 

My  fond  defires  recall  : 
%  give  my  mortal  int'reft  up, 
And  mike  my  God  my  AJh 

PSAL  M     xxxix.      Third  Part, 

Sick-bed  devotion  j.or,  Pleading  without  repining. 


a  /">  OD  of  my  life,  look  gently  down, 
V_T  Behold  the  pains  I  reel  ; 
But  I  an  dumb  before  thy  throne, 
Nor  dare  difpu:e  thy  will, 
a  Difeafes  are  thy  fervants,  Lord, 
They  coma  at  thy  command, 
I'll  not  attempt  a  murm'ring  word 
Againft  thy  chaft  ning  hand. 

3  Yet  may  I  plead  wirh  humble  cries, 

Remove  thy  fharp  rebukes  : 
My  ftrengthconfumes,my  fpirit  dies, 
Through  thy  repeated  Strokes: 

4  Crufh'd  as  the  moth  beneath  thy  hand, 

We  mouUer  to  the  dure  j 
Our  feeble  pow'rs  can  ne'er  with&and, 

And  all  our  beauty's  loft. 
[5  This  mortal  life  decays  soace, 

How  foon  the  bubble's  broke  ! 
Adam,  and  all  his  num'rous  race  $ 

Are  vanity  and  fmoke.] 
6  I'm   but  a  Sojourner  belrw, 

•^■s  ah  my  fathers  were  ; 
May  I  be  wellprepar,d  to  go 

When  1  the  fummons  hear  I 

•j  But,  if  myiiie  be  fpar'd  a  while 
Before  my  laft  remove, 
Thy  praife  ihallbe  my  bus'nefs  jftill, 
And  I'li  cedare  thy  love» 


P  PSALM     XL. 

FSALM    xl.     Fir*  Part.     Common  M«t« 
A  fong  of  deHyeranca  in  grent  diftw 


X   T  WAITED  pat'ent  for  the  Lord, 

J.    He  bjw'd  to  her  my  cry   j 
He    fawmereftiftg  on  his   word, 

A. id  brought  ialvation  nigh 
a.  He  rais  d  me  from  a  horrid  pit, 
Where  mourning  long  I  lay, 
And  from  my  bonds  releas'd  my   f#et", 
Deep   bonds  of  miry  clay. 
2  Firm  on  a  rock,  he  m?dc  me  ftind, 
And  taught  ray  chearful  tongue 
To  pra:fe  the  wonde:s  of  his  hand 
in  v  new  thankful  fong. 
4  I'JJ  fpread  his  wor^s  of  grace  abroai-y 
The  faints  wirh  joyOiall  hear 
And  tinners  learn  to  make  my  God 
Their  only  hope  and  fear. 

5  How  many  are  thy  thoughts  of  love  ! 

Thy  mercies,  Lord,  how  great ! 
Wt  have  not  words,  nor  hours  enough 
Their  numbers co  repeac. 

6  When  I'm  airlifted,  poor,  and  low, 

A  .a  light  and  peace  depart, 

My   God  oehoids  my  heavy  wo;, 

And  Dears  me  on  his  heart. 


PSALM      jri.     Second  Part.    Comm&n   Metre. 

■- 
The  incarnation  and  facrifice  of  Chrift. 

I  '"T^HUS  faith  the  Lord,  "Your  work  is  va'  . 
•'Give  your  burnt-ofP  rings  o'er 
"In  dying  goacn,  and  bullocks  llain 
"  My  loul  delighcs  no  more." 
%  Then  ipake  the  Savour,    c<  Lo,  I'm  henv 
"  My  God,  ro  do  thy  will  ; 
"  Whate'er  thy  facrea  books  declare 
"   thy  lervancfhaJ'  fulfil. 
4  "  Th\   law  .j  ever  in  my  fio-ht. 

■  ti      T  '  L  ° 

I  Ji.eep  it  near  my  heart  : 
"  Mine  c.ii  a>e  >pen*d   with  delight, 
**  To  wkat  thy  i'r^  impart." 


P    S    A    LM    ft, 
|  Ani  fee,  the  bleft  Redeemer  conies 
Th'  eternal  Son  appears-  ! 
And,  at  th'  appointed    tunc,  aflumes 
The  body  God  prepares, 
c   Much  he  re  vcal'd  his  Tathei's  grace 
'  Ana  much  his  truth  he  foevv'a, 
And  preach' d  the  way  to  righc  ousneis, 
Where  great  aflemoi.es  rtooa 
6  His  Father's  honor  touch's  his  heart, 
He  pityVi  fmner's  cries, 
And,  to  fulfil  a  Sav'our's  part, 
Was  made  a  facrifice. 

P  A  u  s  h 

y  No  Hood  of  beaftson  alters  fhed, 
Couid  waih  the  confeience  clean  3 
But  the  rich  facrifice  he  paid 
Attones  tor  ail  our  fin. 
3  Then  WuS  the  great  falvarion  fpread, 
And  fatan's  kingdom  fhook.  j 
Thus,  by  the  woman's  promis'd  ieed. 
The  lerpent's  head  wis  btoke. 


P  S  A  L  U  xl.     Long  Metre, 
,.    Chrift  our  facrifiee. 


THE  wonders  Lord,  thy  love  has  wrought , 
Exceeti  our  praile,  iurmount  our  thought  I 
Should  I  attempt  the  long    ^euii, 
My  fpeech  would  faint,  my  numbers  fail. 
No  blood  of  beafts  on  alters  fpilt 
Can  eleanie  the  louls  of  men  from  guilt  3 
But  tBou  ha#  fet  before  our  eyes 
An  ali-fumcient  facrifice. 
Lo   !  thine  eternal  Son  appears, 
To  thy  demands  he  bows  his  ears  3 
Afiumes  a  body  wellprepaj'd, 
And  well  performs  the  woik  fo  har^. 
"  Eehold  I  come,  (the  Sav'our cries, 
"  With  love  and  duty  in  his  eyes) 
*,*    I  come  to  bear  the  heavy  ioad. 
<<  of  fins,  and  do  thy  will,  my  God. 
1 ''  'Tis  written  in  tiy  greaS  deeree, 
'/  'Tis  in  thy  beok  foretold  of  me, 
i*  I  .mull  fulfil  the  Sai'our's  part, 
^'-  jffhd  la  !  .thy  Ifcw  is  i*snj  njmre, 


6j  ?    S    A    L    M      XLL 

6  M  I'll  magnify  thy  holy  iaw, 

**  And  rebels  to  obed 'en ce  draw 

"  When  on  my  crofs  I'm  lifted  high, 

"  Or  on  my  throne  above  the  Ik-. 

7  "  The  Spirit  fhaildelcend  and  fhow 

"  What  thou  haft  done  and  whrc  I  do ; 

"  The  wond'ring  world  mail  learn  thy  grace, 

"  Thy  wifdorn  and  thy  »ight'oufneis. 

PSALM    xli. 

Charity  to  the  poor*  or,  Pity  to  the  afflicted* 


'B 


LEST  is  the  man  whofe  bowelj  move, 
And  melt  with  pity  to  the   poor  ; 
"Vv  hole  foul,  by  fympathizing  Jove, 
Feels  what  his  fellow-faints  endure. 
a  H  s  heart  contrives  for  their  relief 
More  good  than  his  own  hands  can  do  j 
He,  in  the  time  ofgen'ral  grief, 
Shall  find  the  Lord  has  bowels  too. 

3  His  foul  mail  live  fecurc  on  earth, 
With  fecret  bleffings  on  his  head, 
When  drought,  and  peftilence  and  dearth, 
Around  him  multiply  their  dead 

4  Or  if  helanguifh  on  his  couch, 
God  will  pronounce  his  fins  forgiv'n  ; 
Willfave   him  with  a  healing  touch, 
Or  take  his  willing  foul  to  heav'n. 

PSALM    xlii.      Firft  Part, 

Befertion  and  hope  j  or,  Complaint  of  abfer 

from  public  worfhip.  • 

l  tl  TITT  earned  longings  of  the  mini, 
VV     My  God,  to 'thee  1  look; 
So  pants  the  hunted  hare  to  find 
And  tafte  the  cooling  brook 
%  When  (hall  I  fee  thy  courts  of  grace, 
And  meet  my  God  again? 
So  long  an  abfencefrom  thy  face 
My  heart  endures  with  pain, 
j  Temptations  vex  my  Weary  foul, 
And  tears  are  my  repaft  j 
The  foe  infults  without  controul, 
And  where'*  our  Goi  at  laft  r 


PSALM      XLIL  fy 

4  "T§3  wth  a  mournful pleafare  now 

1  think  on  snc'ent  days  ; 
Then  to  thy  houfe  did  numbers  go, 
And  all  our  work  was  praife. 

5  But  why  my  foul  funk  down  fo  far 

Beneath  this  heavy  load  ? 
Why  do  my  thoughts  indulge  difpair, 
And  fin  againft  my  God  ? 

6  Hope  in  the  Lord,  whofe  mighty  hand 

Can  all  my  woes  remove  ; 
For  I  ihall  yet  before  him  ftand, 
Andfing  reftoringlove. 

PSALM    XLII.     Second  Part. 

Melancholy  thoughts  reproved  j  or,  Hope  in  AfEidion. 

i  TV  l€Y  fpirit  finkswithin  me,  Lord, 

J.V 1  But  I  will  call  thy  name  to  mind, 

And  times  of  parr,  redrefs  record, 

When  I  have  found  my  God  was  kind, 
a  Huge  troubles,  with  tumultous  noife 

Swell  like  a  fea,  and  round  me  fpread  J 

Thy  water-fpouts  drown  all  my  joys, 

And  rifing  waves  roll  o'er  my  head. 

3  Yet  will  the  Lord  command  his  love 
When  I  addrefs  his  throne  by  day  : 
"Nor  in  the  night  his  grace  remove  j 
The  night  ihall  hear  me  Zing  and  pray, 

4  I'll  caft  myfelf  before  his  feet, 

And  fay,  "  My  God,  my  heav'nly  Rock, 

"  Why  doth  thy  love  fo  long  forget 

"  The  foul  which  groans  beneath  thy  ftroke  V 

5  I'll  chide  my  heart  which  finks  fo  low, 
Why  fliould  my  foul  indulge  her  grief  ? 
Hope  in  the  Lord,  and  praife  him  too  ; 
He  is  my  reft,  my  fare  relief. 

6  Thy  light  and  truth  mall  guide  me  ftill, 
Thy  word  mall  my  beft  thoughts  employ, 
And  lead  me  to  thy  heav'nly  hill, 

My  God,  my  moft  exceeding  joy. 

PSALM    XLIV. 

The  Church's  complaint  in  perfecutlts. 

%  T    GRD  we  have  heard  thy  works  of  old, 
JL^  Thy  w«ks  «f  pow'r  and  grace  j 


64  PSALM      XLIV. 

When  to  our  fears  our  fathers  told 
The  wonders  of  their  days. 

Z  How  thou  did  ft  build  thy  churches  here, 
Ana  make  rhy  gofpel  known  ; 
Amon^ft  them  did  thinr-  a~m  appear  j 
Thy  light  and  glory  fhone. 

3  In  God  thev  boafted  all  the  day, 
A"d  In  a  chearful  throng 
Did  thoufards  meet  to  praife  and  pray, 
And  grace  was  all  their  fong. 

q.  But  now  our  r~uls  are  feiz'd  with  fhame^ 
C-nfofton  fllls  our  face. 
To  hear  the  enemv  blafrhemf, 
And  fvols  reproach  thy  grace. 

5  Yet  have  I  not  forgot  bur  God, 

Nor  falfelv  de  <lt  with  h«=av'n, 
Nnrhavp  our  ftens  decHn'd  the  roa4 
Of  duty  thou  hnft  giv'n. 
6  Though  Dragons  all  around  us  roar 
With  their  deftruftive  breath, 
And  rhine  own  hand  has  bruis'd  us  fore^ 
Hard  by  the  gates  of  death. 


PAUSE, 


7  We  are  exposed  all  day  to  die* 

As  martyrs  for  thy  caufe. 
As  fheep  for  flaughter  bound  *'e  lie- 
By  fharp  and  bbodv  laws. 

8  Awake,  arife,  almighty  Lord, 

Whvflees  thy  wonted  grrce  ? 
Why  fhould  we  look  like  men  abhor'd^ 
Or  baniih'd  from  thy  face  > 
g  Wilt  thou  forever  caft  us  off, 
And  ftill  negleft  our  cries  ? 
Forever  hide  thine  hcav'nly  Jove 
From  our  a fR idled  eyes  ? 

!•  Down  to  the  duft  oivr  foul  is  bowM, 
And  dies  upon  the  ground  5- 
3lile  for  our  help,  rebuke  ihe  proud. 
And  all  their  pow'r  confound. 
jl   Redeem  us  from  perpetual  fhanae, 
Our  Sav'our  and  our  God  : 
We  plead  the  honors  of  thy  names 
£.'M  saerite  cf  iky  bk>«d. 


PSALM     XLV.  I 

PSALM     XL/.     Short  Metre. 

The  glory  of  Chrifr.;  the  fuccefs  of  the  Gofpel  asdtins 
Gentile  Church. 

*   TV/f  y  Sav'our  and  my  King, 
J.V1    Thy  beauties  are  civine  ; 
Thy  lips  with  bieffings  overflow 

And  ev  ry  gr  ce  is  thine. 
Now  make  chy  glory  known;     a 

Gird  on  thy  dreadful  fword," 
And  ride  in  Majeity  to  Jpread 
The  conqu^fts  or  thy  word. 
3  St  ike  through  thy  ftubborn  foes, 
Or  rnek  their  hearts  t'  obey  ; 
Wmlejjilice,  meekneis,  grace  and  tratfe* 
.Accendtny  gbr'ous  way. 
$  Thy  laws,  O  God,  are  right; 
Thy  throne  ihail  ever  ftanl  ; 
And  thy  vidtofous  goi\el  proves 
A  fcepter  in  thy  hand. 
f  5  Thy  father  and  thy   God 

Hath,  without  meaiure,  med^ 
-  His  Spirit,  liki  a  joyiui  oil, 

T'  anoint  cny  facred  head.  J 
£6  Behold  at  thy  right-hand 

The  Gentile  church  is  feen, 
Like  a  xair  bride  in  rich  attire, 
And  P.  inces  ga^rd  the  Queen. 
j  Fair  bride,  leceive  his  love, 
Forget  thy  father's  houie  j 
Forlake  thy  Gods,  thy  idol  Gods, 
And  pay  the  Lord  thy  vows.  J 
g   OTetthv  God  and  King" 

Thy  fweeteit  thoughts  employ; 
Thy  children  fhall  his  honor  ling 
In  palaces  of  joy. 

PSALM    XLV.    Common  Metre* 

The  perfonal  glories  and  government  ox  Chii^ 

I  T  'LL  fpeak  the  honors  of  my  King ; 
JL   His  form  divinely  fair  j 
Nofucof  the  Ions  of  mortal  race 
Ma,  with  the  Lord  compare. 
£  Sweet  is  chy  ipeech,  and  heav'nly  gracg. 
¥poa  thy  11  gs  is  liw  j 


PSALM    XLV. 


0\ 

Thy  God,  withble/fings  infinite 
Hath  crown  d  thy  £acreo  head. 

3  Gird  on  thy  fword,  victor1  ous  Prince  ; 

Ride  with  majeftic  fway  j 
Thy  terror /ball  ftrike  thro'  thy  foes, 
And  make  the  world  obey. 

4  Thy  chrone,  O  God,  forever  ftands* 

Thy  word  of  grace  mall  prove 
A  peaceful  fcepter  m  thy  hands, 
To  rule  thy  faints  with  love. 

5  Juftice  and  truth  attend  thee  ftlU, 

But  mercy  is  thy  choice  : 
And   God,  thy  God,  thy  foul  fhall  fig 
With  moft  pecul'arjoys, 

-PSALM    XLV.      Firft  Part.    Long  Metre. 
The  glory  of  Chrift,  and  pow'r  of  his  gofpe*, 

1  'KJOW  be  my  heart  infpir'd  to  fing 
±y    The  glories  of  my  Sav'our  King, 
Jefus,  the  Lord  ;  how  heavenly    fair 
His  form  !  how  bright  his  beauties  are  ? 

2  O'er  ail  thefons  of  human  race 
He  mines  with  a  fuper'or  grace  ; 
Love  from  his  lips  divinely  flows, 
And  bleffings  all  his  ftate  compofe. 

j  Drefs  the  in  a^rms,  moft  mighty  Lord, 
Gird  on  the  terror  of  thy  fword  j 
Jnmajefty  and  glory  ride. 
With  truth  anameeknefs  at  thy  fide. 

4  Thir.e  anger,  like  a  pointed  dart, 
Shall  pierce  the  foes  of  ftubborn  heart  5 
Or  words  of  mercy  kind  and  fweet 
Shall  melt  the  rebels  at  thy  feet. 

5  Thy  throne,  OGod,  forever  ftands, 
Grace  is  the  fcepter  in  thy  hands  j 

Thy  Jaws  and  works  are  juft  and  righ^, 
Juftice  and  grace  are  thy  delight. 

6  God.   thine  own  God,  has  richly  fhed 
His  oil  of  gladnefs  on  thy  head, 
And  with  his  facred  Ipirit  bleft 

His  firft-born  Sen  above  the  reft. 

P  S  A  L  M  xlv.       Second  Ptrt.    Long  MeJre. 

Chrift  and  his  church  j  or,  The  myfticaj  marriage. 

I  '"pHE  King  of  faints,  how  fair  his  face  ! 
X     Ad^rnM  with  mejefty  and  grace  j 


P    S    A    L    M       XLYI.  *     >7 

He  comes  with  bleffings  from  above, 

And  wins  the  nations  to  his  love. 
2  At  his  right  hand,  our  eyes  behold 

The  Queen  array'd  in  pureft  gold  . 

The  world  admits  her  heav'nly  dre'f3  •     ' 

Her  robe  of  joy  and  right'oufnefs,    ' 
g  He  forms  her  beauties  like  his  own  j 

He  calls  and  feats  her  near  his  throne,  j 

Fair  ftranger,  let  thine  heart  forget 

The  idols  of  thy  native  ftate. 

4  So  fhall  the  King  no  more  rejoice, 
In  thee  thefav'rite  cf  his  choice 
Let  him  be  Jov'd,  and  yet  ador'd, 
For  he's  thy  Maker  and  thy  Lord. 

5  O  happy  hour,  when  thou  fhalt  rife 
To  his  fair  palace  in  the  ikies  ! 
And  all  thy  fons  (a  num'rous  train) 
Each  like  a  prince  in  glory  reign  ! 

6  Let  endlefs  honors  crown  his  head  ! 
Let  ev'ry  age  his  praifes  fpread  ! 
While  we  with  chearful  Tongs  approve 
The  condefcenfion  s  of  liis  love. 


PSALM    XLVI.    Firft  Part. 
The  Church's  fafety  and  triumph  among  national  defolatlenf 

j   /~">l  OD  is  the  refuge  of  his  faints, 

V_X  When  ftorms  of  fharp  diftrefs  invade  j 

E'er  we  can  offer  our  complaints, 

Behold  him  prefent  with  his  aid, 
a  Letmountains  from  their  feats  behurl'd 

Down  to  the  deep,  and  bury'd  there  j 

Convulfion  lhake  the  folid  world, 

Our  faith  mall  never  yield  to  fear. 

3  Loud  may  the  troubled  ocean  roar, 
In  facred  peace  our  fouls  abide  ; 
While  ev'ry  nation,  ev'ry  more 
Trembles  and  dreads  the  fwelling  tide. 

4  There  is  a  ftream,  whofe  gentle  flow 
Supplies  the  city  of  our  God  : 

Life,  love  and  joy,  frill  gliding  through, 
And  wat'ring  our  divine  abode. 

5  That  facred  ftream,  thine  holy  word, 
There  all  our  raging  fear  controuls  : 
Sweet  peace  thy  promifes  afford, 

Aad  give  mew  fcrength  se  fainting  f«uj§* 


*%  F    S    A    L    M      XLV;J, 

6  Sion  enjoys  her  monarch's  love, 
Secure  agai  aft  a  threatening  hoar; 
gor  can  her  rirm  foundations  move, 
Hajlto*  ata  tratk,  wiarm'dw.th  pow'r. 

PSALM     xlvi.     Second  Part-. 

God  fights  for  his  Church. 

I  J     WT  Sion  in  her  King  rejoice, 

JL/    rho' tyrants  rage,  a  id  Kingdoms  rife  4 
He  utters  njs  almighty  voice, 
The  nations  melt,  the  tumult  dies. 
%  The  Lord  of  old,  for  Jacob  fought, 
And  Jacob's  God  is  ftiii  our  aid  5 
Behold  the  works  his  hand  has  wrought. 
What  deflations  hehas  made. 

3  From  fea  to  fea  thro'  all  the  mores, 
He  makes  the  noife  of  battle  ceafe  j 
When  from  on  high,  his  thunder  roanfe 
Ke  awes  the  trembling  wond  to  peace. 

4  He  breaks  the  bow,  he  cuts  the  (pear  j 
Char'otshe  burrs  with  heav'nh  flame  V 
Keep  Hence  all  ye  earth,  and  hear 
The  found  ano  glory  of  his  name  ! 

5  "  Be  (rill,  and  learn  that  lam  GocL 
"  I'll  be  exalted  o'er  the  iands  ; 

"  I  will  be  known  and  fear'd  abroad  ; 
"  But  (bill  my  throne  in  Sion  /ta.^." 

6  O  Lord  of  hofts,  almighty  King  ! 
While  we  fo  near  th*    prefence  dwelL 
Our  faith  (hall  fit  fecure  and  fing 
©efiaace  to  the  gates  of  hell. 

PSALM    xlvii. 

Chrift's  afcending  and  reigning* 

2  O  F0  - a  fnout.of  facred  j°y 

VV   To  God  the  fov'reign  King  I 
Let  ev'ry  land  its  tongues  employ, 
And  hymns  of  triumph  ling. 
%  Jefus,  our  God,  alcends  on  high. 
His  heat'nly  guards  around, 
Attend  him  riling  through  the  (ky, 
With  :rumper3  joyful  (ound. 
g  While  angels  hout  and  praife  their  King> 
LitmoiCiia  lean  cheu  (trams,  j 


V    S    A    L   M      XLVII&  <$ 

let  all  the  earth  h'<5  honors  fmg  ; 
O'er  all  the  earth  he  reigns. 

4  Rehearfe  his  pratfe  w.th  awe  profound  j 

Lee  knowledge  lead  the  long  5  • 

Nor  mock  him  with  a  iaiemn  found 
Upon  a  thoughtlefs  tongue. 

5  In  Ifr'ei  flood  his  ancient  throne, 

He  lov'd  that  chofen  race  : 
Bur  now  he  calls  the  world  his  own, 

And  heathens  tafte  his  grace. 
€  Th~fe  ranfom'd  States  are  all  lire  Lords, 

Here  Abr'ham's  God  is  known,    m  . 
Whih  pow'rs  and  princes,  ihidds  arid  fword% 

Submit  before  his  throne. 


PSALM    xlviil.       Pirft  Part. 

The  church  is  the  honor  »nd  fafety  of  a  Jiatiefe, 

5  f~*  ^.E  AT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
\J    And  let  his  praifebe  great j 
He  makes  his  churches  his  abode, 

His  moft  delightful  feat. 
a  Thefe  temples  of  his  grace, 

Hew  beautiful  they  ftand  ! 
The  honors  of  our  native  place, 

The  bulwarks  of  our  land. 
Jn  Sion  God  is  known 

A  refuge  in  diftrefs  ; 
How  bright  has  his  falvation  /hose 

Through  all  her  palaces  ! 

4  When  Kings  agsinft  her  join'' d, 

And  faw  the  Lord  was  there, 
In  wild  confufion  of  the  mind, 
They  fled  with  hafty  fear, 

5  When  navies  tall  and  proud 

Attempt  to  fpoil  our  peace, 
He  fends  his  tempefts  roaring  lend. 
And  finks  them  in  the  feas. 

6  Oft  have  our  fathers  told, 

Our  eyes  have  often  feen 
How  well  our  God  fecures  the  fold, 
Where  his  own  fheephave  been. 

7  In  ev'ry  new  diftrefs, 

We'll  to  his  houfe  repair, 
We'll  think  upon  his  wond  rous  erac®> 
And  feek  deiiv  'ran.ee  ^er«. 


:•  P    S     A    L    M     XLVIH. 

PSALM       dviii.      Second  Part, 

The  beauty  of  the  Church  ;  or,  Gofpol  w»rfti> 
and  order. 

I  TT*  AR  as  thy  name  is  known 
X1     Th«  world  declares  thy  praife! 
Thy  faints,  O  Lord,  before  thy  thraae. 
Their  fangs  of  hwuor  raife. 
s  With  joy  let  Judah*a.id 
On  Sion's  chofen  hill, 
Proclaim  the  wonders  of  thy  hand, 
And  counfels  of  thy  will. 

3  Let  ftt angers  walk  around 

The  city  where  we  dwell, 
Compafs  and  view  thy  holy  grouni#. 
And  mark  the  building  well. 

4  The  orders  of  thy  houie, 

The  worihip  of  thy  court, 
The  chearful  ">ng,  the  folemn  rows, 
And  make  a  fair  report 

5  How  decent  and  how  wife  ! 

How  glorious  to  behold ! 
Beyond  the  pomp  which  charms  the  eyes. 
And  rites  adorn'd  with  gold. 
€  The  God  we  worfhip  now 
Will  guide  us 'till  we  lie, 
Will  be  our  God  while  here  below,. 
And  ours  above  the  iky. 

PSALM      xlix,    Firft  Part. 

Pride  and  death  j  or,  the  vanity  of  life  anJrickcs 

I  TT  THY  doth  the  man  of  riches  groiv 
V  V     To  infolence  and  pride, 
To  fee  his  wealth  and  honors  flow 
With  ev'ry  rifing  tide  ? 
[c  Why  doth  he  treat  the  poor  with  fco«i 
Made  of  the  felf  fame  clay, 
And  boaft,  as  tho'  his  flefhwere  bora 
Of  better  dull  than  they  ?] 
3  Not  all  his  treafure  can  procure 
His  foul  a  fh«rt  reprieve, 
Redeem  from  death  one  guilty  ho«r» 
Or  make  his  brother  live. 
^4.  Life  is  a  bleffing  can't  be  fold* 
Tkcramforjaii  to»  high; 


JP    3    A    I     M      LX&  fl 

jaftice  -vviil  ne'er  be  brib'd  with  gold,         / 
Thac  soan  may  never  die.] 
;  He  fees  the  brutim  and  the  wile, 
The  dm  rouS  arid  the  brave  j 
Quit  their  poffeilions,  clofe  their  eye&> 
An  4  ha  ire  n  to  the  grave.  . 
i  Yet  'tis  his  inward  thought  and  pride? 
"  My  houie  mail  ever  ftand  : 
*'  And  thatiray  nam?  may  long  aside, 
I'll  give  it  to  my  land.  " 
I  Vain  are    h;s  thoughts,  his  hopes  are!©$> 
How  faon  his  mem'ry  dies  ? 
His  name  is  wri  ten  in  the  dxxft. 
Where  his  own.  carcafe   lies. 

j     E-  A    U    S    Ei 

i  This  Is  the  folly  of  their  wf£ ;         « 

And  yet  their  fons  as  vam, 
Approve  the  words,  their  fathers  fayi 

And  a£t  their  works  again. 
)  Men  void  of  wifdom  and  of  grace, 

If  honor  raife  mem  high, 
r  Live  like  a   beart>  a  thoughtlefs  race, 
!       And  like  a  beait  they  die. 
[10  Laid  in  the  grave*   like  filthy  meepj, 

Death  feeds  upon  them  there, 
Till  the  laft  trumpet   breaks  their  fleep 

In  terror  and   defpaif*] 

PSALM    xlii;     Second  Parft 
,    j   "'.  f.    .     Death  and  the  lefurrection* 

1  %7"E  foasof  pride,  Who  hate  .the  juft 

1      And    trampie  on  the  poor^ 
3  When  death  has  brought  you  down  to   dujS 
[        Your  pomp  mall  rife  no  more 
h  The  larr  great  day  m*U  change  thefcene  t 

When  will  that  hour  appear  ? 
•  When  mall  the  juft  revive,  aai  reign. 
O'er  all  who  fcorn'il  them  here? 

3  God  will  my  naked  foul  receive^ - 

When  fep'rate  from  the  flefh  ! 
.  And  break  the  prifonef  the  grats 
\        To  raife  my  boaes  afrefh. 

4  Heav'n  is  my  e\jeria.iHng  liome^  "**r 

Tri'  Lab«ri68£«s  i»  f»re  j 


ft  PSALM      XLIX, 

Let  men  of  pride  their  rage  refume, 
i>ut  1  i.  repine  no  more. 

PSALM    xlix.     Long  Metre. 

The  rich  Tinner's  death,  and  the   faint's  refurreclioe* 

3  "\\/"HYdo    the  proud  infult  the  poor, 

Vt      And  bo a ft  the  large  eftates  they  have! 
How  vain  are  riches  to  fecure 
Thefr  haughty  owners  from  the  grave  ! 
S  They  can't  redeem  one  hour    flom-death  ' 
With   all   the   wealth   in  which  they  tru ft  J 
Nor  give  a  dying  brother  breath,  ■  . 
When    God  commands  him  down  to  duft» 
3  There  the  dark  earth  and   difmal  made 
Shall  c!afp  their  naked    bodies  round  : 
That  ftefh  fo  delicately  fed, 
Lies  cold,  and  moulders  in  the  ground. 
4.  Like  thoughtlefs    ftieep   the  firmer  dies, 
Like  in   the  grave  /or  worms   to  eat  j 
The    faints  mail  in    the  morning  rife, 
And  find   th'  oppreffor  at   their  feet. 
5  His  honors  perifh    in  the  duit, 

And   pomp,   and  beauty,    birth  and  blood  5 
That   gbr'ous  day  exults    the  juft 
9  To  full  domin'on  o*er  the  proud. 
6"  My  Sav'our  ftiall  my  life  reftore, 
And  raife  me  from  my    dark  abode  : 
My   flefh    and  foul  /hall  part  no  more  ; 
But  dwell  forever  near  my  God 

PSAL  M    L.     Firft   Part.     Common.    Me^r©' 

The  laft  judgment  j  or,  Tiie    faints  rewarded. 

$  HT^HE  Lord,  the  Judge,    before  his    throne, 
X      Bids   the  whole  earth  draw    nigh, 
The  nations  near  the   riling  fun, 
And  near  the  weftern  fkv. 
a  No    more  fha'l  bold   blafphemers  fay 
Judgment  will  ne'er  b.°.gin  ; 
No    mire  abule  his  long  delay 
}     To  im;ju:lence  and  fin. 
3  Thro.vd   on  a  cloud   our  God  mall  come.* 
•Bright  flames  prepare    his  way. 
Thunder  and  darknefs,   fire  and  itonpfc 
Lead    qji  the  dreadful  day. 


P    S    A    L    l&      L.  -75 

Heav'n  from   above  his  call   mail  hear, 

Attending  angels    come; 
Ana   earth  and  hell  mall  know,  and  rear 
His  juftrce  and   their  doom. 
j  "  Bat  gather  all  ray  faints -(he  cries) 
"  Woo  made    their  peace  with    God 
"By  the  Reieemefs  facrifice, 
"   Who  feaFd  it  with  his  blood. 
i  «  Their  faith  and  works  brought  forth  to  light 
"  Shall  make  the  world  confefs 

*  "  My  fentence  of  reward  is  right, 

"  And  heav'n  adore  my  grace.  " 

PSALM     L.     Second   Part. 

Obedience  is   better  than  facrifice. 

J  '"jpHUS  faith  the  Lord,  "the  fpacious  fields 
L.     "And  Mocks  and  herds  are  mine, 
*'  O'er  all  the  cattle  of  the    hills 
"  i  claim  a  a  right    divine. 

*  "I    afle  nofheep  for  f  crifice, 

\     "Nor  bullocks  burnt,  wi:h  fire  ; 
*£  To  hope  and  love,  to  oray  and    praifec 
"  Is   all  which    1  requi  e. 
|  "  Call    upon  me  when  trouble's  near, 
"My  hand  fhall  fet  thee  free  ; 
te  Then  mail  thy  thankful  lips  declare 
"  The  ho  tor  due  to  me. 
£  "  The  mm  who  offers  humble   praife, 
-.      "  He   glorifies   me  beft  : 
Xl  And    thofe  who  tread  my  holy  ways 
„    " 'Sijiall  my  falvation  tafte.  " 

PSALM     L.     Third  Part;, 

The  Judgment  of  Hypocrites, 

*  T  T  THEN  Chrft  to  judgment  doth  defcend^ 
VV   "  And  faints  furround  their  Lord, 

He  calls    the  nations  to  attend, 
And  hear  his    awful  word. 
-£,  "Not  for  toe  want  of  bullocks  flam 
"  Will  I  the  world  reprove, 
i '  Aitars  and   rites,  and  forms  are  7ai3$ 
■ei  Without  the  lire  ef  lo-yt. 


74  *    S    A    L    M      L, 

2  ?*  And  what  have  hypocrites  to  do, 
%  **  To  bring  their  facrifice  ? 
":  They  call  my  ftatutes  jnft  and  try*, 
'*   But  deal  in  then  and  lies. 

4  Could  you  txpe&  to  'fcape  my  fight, 

li   And  fin  without  controul  ? 
" .  But  I  mail  brfiag  your  crimes  toLightj- 
**  With  anguilh  in  your  foul.  V 
£  Confider,  ye  whoilightthe  Lord, 
Before  ^.iS  wrath  appear  j      ,      t* 
If  once  you  fall  beneath  his  fword, 
There's  no  deliverer  t.here. 

PSALM      L»        L$r?£    M^r^ 

Hypocrify  exposM, 

$  'TF^HE  Lord  the  Judge,  his  churches  warns  ^ 
£     L.et  hypocrites,  at  ten!  a,nd  fear, 

Who  placs'their  hopes  in  rites,  and  forms, 

But  make  not  ^fa'itn  nor  lore  their  car$«. 
e  Vile  wretches  dare    ehearfe  hisiiam^- 

With  lips  of  faifhood  and  deceit  j 

A   riend  oi  brother  they  defame,  ' 

And  fojth  and  flatter  thole  they  hate^ 
g  They  watch  to  do  their  neighbours  wroa&j. 
r   Yet  dare  to  fee  their  Maker's  face  ; 

.They  take '.lis  civ  'nan':  on   their  tongue, 

But  break  his  iaws,  abufe  his  grace. 
4  To   heav'n    the\    lift  their  hands  uncleaa^ 

Defil'd   with   luft,  defil'd  with,  biped,  j 

By  night  they  p'.  actlce   ev'ry    fin, 

By  da     their  mouths  draw  near    to  Gosk- 

5  And  whilehie  judgn  fnts  lorg  delay 
They  grow  fecu/£   and  fin  the   more  J 
They    thmk    he  fleeps  as  well  as  they, 
And  put  far -p^' the  ctreadfuj  hour.     ' 

6,  O  dreadful  hour  !  when  God  draws  neara 
And  ff-ts  their  crimes  before  their  eyesj 
His  wrath  their  guilty  "fouls  faall  fear» 
And  go   deliv'rer  d«»re  to  rifeo 

PSA  L  M    L, 

The  laft  judgment, 

X  *'"TpHE  Lord,  the  Sov'reign.  fend6  h're  fummons  f*>rth 
'-.  J[     Cj?b  the  VuthnAtion^,  and  a\iak«s  theNort^.{* 


«? 


P.    3    A.  L    M      t. 

-  S?rom  Ea$  to  Weft  che  founding  orders  fpread, 
%iro'  diftant  worlds,   and  regions  of  che  dead  % 
2fr  more  in  ail  Ath'efts  mack  his  long  delay  ; 
His  veng'ance  fleeps  no  ra^re  j  behoU  the  day  I 

3  Behold  the  judge  defcends  !  his  guards  are  nigh, 
Temper!:  and  fire  attend  hjm  down  the  iky  } 
Heav'n,  earth,  and  hell  draw  mar  !  lei  aii  things  come^ 
To  hear  his juitice,  and  the  l'nner's  do»rn  ; 
But  gather  nrft  my  faints  (  the.  Judge  commands.) 
Bring  them.*  ye  angels,  from  their  dirt  nt  lauds, 

«  Behold  !  my  cov'nant  ftands  forever  good, 
Seal'd  by  th'  eternal  Sacrifice  in  blood, 
vAnd  fign'dwith  all  their  names  j  th;  Qr°ek,  the  jevv3 
"Who  paid  the  ancient  w^rih'p,  or  the  new. 
There's  no  diftin<ftion  here  j  come,  fpread  their  throftgs, 
And  near  n^e  .fea.<;  my  fav" rites  and  Oty  Costs, 

^  I, 'their  almighty  Sav'our  and  their  God, 

1  am  their  Julge  :  ye  heav'ns  proclaim,  abroad 
.-Myju$  eternal  fenience,-  and  declare 

T.ho'fe  awful  truths  which  finners  dTe*d  to  hs»r$ 
Sinners  in  Sion,  tremble  and  retire'; 

2  doom,  the  painted  hypocrite  to,  fire.  -  * 

r  Not  fir  the  want  of  goats  or  bullocks  flam 
/  '  Do  I  condemn.faee  :  b.uHs  an  J  goats  are  va'n 
tWithou^  the  frames  of  love  *  in  vain  the  ftors 
Of  brutal  offerings  which  were  mine  before  ; 
Mine  are  the  tamer  bea'.ls  and  favage  breed. 
Flocks  Jberd.*,  an&fkldV  and  fcreifs*  'where;  they  ffee*L 

6  If  I  were  hungry,  would  I  af*  thee  food  ? 
When  didl  thir.il,    or  dri^k  thy  bullock';  bt^ii  ? 
Can  I  be  flatter'd  with  tbv  cringing  bo^'s, 

Thy  folemn  chyitt*  rings  and  fantaftie  vows  ? 
Are  my  eyes  cha  m'd  thy  veftments  te  behold* 
Glaring  in  gems*. and  gay  in  wover\|oid.  ? 

7  Unthinking  wretch  !  howcouldft  thowhopeto  ple-afs 
A  God,  a  Spirit,  withfuch  toys,  asfthefe  ? 
While,  with  my  grace  and  brutes  oh  thy  tongue^ 
Thou  lov'ft  deceit,  and  doft  thy  brother  Wong  j 

%n  vain  to  pious fosms..  thy  zs*[,vzetzri&s, 
Thieyea  and  adult' rexs,  are  chy  chofen  friends, 

%  Silent! ,wa" tod  with  long  iufPring  love, 
'iButdid'ft  thouhopa  ti  it  I   hould  ne'er  reorov-e-  ? 
'^ndvheriihfuch  ar»  irrjip'aas  thought  within, 
T^tGod,  ihe  righ^avAg  wo^U  ir\4«.%e  thy  fe  £ 


7&  P    S     A    L    M      I. 

Behold  my  terrors  now  ;    rriy  thaindei  5  rail. 
And  thy  j\v..  crimes  aflrig  it  tb    guilty  1  >u\\ 


mend$ 


P  S  A  L  M     L. 
Thelafl  Judgement. 


4  'TpHF.  God  of  Glory  fends'his  fummons  fcrth ; 
j[      Calls  the  3  wi'i  n  .ions  an  i  awakes  th  -  N  jrth  f 
F,rohi  Eau-  •)  v>  eft  the  foy"  reign  orders  fpread 
Thro'  iifta-nt  worlds,  an.-,  regions  of.  the   read. 
Thet-uvnpe-  foua  is  ;   heil  trembles  ;  heav'n    ejoices  : 
Lift  up, yow heads,  ye  faints,  with  chearrul  voices 

g,  No  more  mail  AtlVifts  retook  his  long    elay, 
H\j  veng'ance  fleeps  no  vn  >re  ;  behold  the  'lay  ! 
behold  ths.  Judge  defccnds.  his  guards  are  nigh  ! 
Tempeftaad  fire  attend  him  down  che  fky, 
When  Gad  appear*,  ail  nature  flialladore  him: 
While  fittilers  tremble,  faints  rejoice  berore  him. 

3  <•'  H'av'n,  earth,  and  hell,  draw  near  ;   letal)  things  coavJ 
ic  To  hear  rny  juftice  and  the  rinner's  doom-j 

"  Bntgather  firir  my  faints,  the  Judge commands  : 
"  Bring  tltm,  ye  angels,  from  dieirdiftant  lands. 
When  Chrrft  returns,  wake  ev'ry  chearfu]  pafiion. 
AnJ  ihout,  ye  faints,  he  cornea  for  your  u  lvation. 

4  "  Behold  my  cov'nant  lands  for  ever  good, 
•1_"   Seal'd  bytheeterh  1  lacrificein     lrod  ! 

"   And  fign'd  with  all  the  r  names  5   the  G-eek,the  Jev£, 
Wh  )  paid  the  ancient  worih;  p  or  t.i3  new. 
There's  no  distinction  here,  join  ah  your  voices, 
And  raffe  your  heads,  ye  faints,   for  heav'n  rejo'ce*. 

§  "  Hjre,   (faith  the  Lord)  ye  angels,  fpread  their  thrones^ 
"  A  id  near  me  feat  my  fav'ri  res  and  my  fons, 
"  Come,  my  redeem'd,  poiTefs  the  joy  prcpar'd, 
*■'  E'er  cine  began  j  'tis  your  divine  reward. 
"When  Chrift  returns,  wake  ev'ry  chearful  i<afrion> 
And  jhout  ye  iaincs,  he  comes  for  your  falvadon. 


2    S    A    L    M 


jf 


PAUSI   -the  Firit. 

e<  tarn  the  Saviour,  1  ch'  Almighty  God  \ 

"  I  am  thej  i  ige-j   ye  heav'n-S,  proclaim  abroad 

*'  Myjuffc  eternal  ifentence,    and  declare 

"  Tnoie  awful  truths  which  fiwtfeVs  diead  toherr« 

When  God  ap  tears-,   all  nuu-'e  flfa'U  adore  him  j 

Wi.ienaaers  crernbie,    fahits  rejoice  before  him. 

'"  Stand  forth,     thou  bold  blafphemer,   and  profane, 

"   Now  feel  my-waih,   nor  call  my  threatnings  vainj 

lc  Thou  hvo  ic'ite,  once  dreft  in  faint's  attire, 

I  doom  the  painted  hy;  ocrite   to  fire.  ./ 

judgment  v-  >ceeds  '■   hell  creiribles  !   heuv'n  rejoices  f 

Lift-uo  your  heais,  ye  faints,  with  chearful  voices . ' 

S  "  Not  for  the  want  of  goats,    or  bullocks  flain 
'.'  Do  i  condemn  thee  }  bulls  and  goats  ase  vain, 
4t  Without  the  flames  of  love  ;   in  vain  the  ftore 
'•  Of  brutal  off 'rings  which  were  mine  before  i 
^arthisthe  Lod's.   all  nture  (ha'1  adore  him  : 
Whiie  finners  t  emble,   faints  rej  oice  before  himo 

9  "  If  T  were  hungry,  would  I  afk  thee  food  ? 
"   Whendidl  thirft,   or  drink  thy  bullock's  blood  ? 
4t  Mine  are  the  tamei"  beafts  and  lavage  breed, 
**  Flocks,   herds,  and  n;;5s,   and  forefts  where  they  fee#, 
All  is  this  Lord's,  he  ru  es  the  wide  creation; 

..  Gives  finners  veng'ance,   and  the  faints  falvation. 

$o  <c  Can  I  be  flatter' d  for  thy  cringing  bows, 
((   Thy  foiejrm    chat-tYiogK  aud  fantaftic  vows  ? 
(i   Are  my  eyes  charm' d  thy  veftments  to  behold 
*i  Gia^ingingems,   and  gay  irir.wbyen  .gold  ? 

God  IsrhViudge  of  hearts  :    no  fai<  difguife's 
#an  fcrsen  the  guilty  when  hisveng'ancc  rifes. 


PAUSE     the  fecond.. 


2-1  (i  Unthinking  wretch  !  -how  couldfr  thou  hope  to  pleaf* 
r    ti   A°God,  a  Spirit,  withfuch  toys  as  thefe  ? 

*(  While  with  my  grace  and  ftatutes  on  thy  tongue 
*<  thou  lov'ft  deceit,  and  do'ft  thy  brother  wrong  y  I 
judgment  proceeds  \   hell  trembles  !   heav'n  rejoices  1 
'iiftwp  your  heads,  yeTa'mts,  with  chearfc-J  veteiW 


ft 


PSALM     LL 


■rs  "  in  vain  to  plou*  fcms  thy  teal  pretends, 
ft  Theivesand  adulfrers  are  thy  chofen  fiienaf^ 
"  While  the  falfe  fiatt'rer  at  my  altar  waits, 
"  His  harden'd  foul  divine  in(trucT:ion  hates. 
God  is  fhejudge  of  hearts,  ho  fair  difguifes 
Can  fcreen  the  gtiilty,  when  his  vengeance  rife* 

53  "  Siient  I  waited  with  iong  furF'rirtg  We$ 

"  But  didft  thou  hope  that  I  mould  ne'ec  reproof 
!,  ^"'dcl}enfh  fuch  an  imp'ous.  thonght  within 
"  That  the  all-holy  would  indulge  thy  fin? 
See,   God  appears;   al!  nature  joins  t'  adore  faint, 
Judgment   proceeds,  and   finners  fall  before  him** 

*4  "  Behold  my  terrors  now,  my  thunders  roll, 
And  thy  own  crimes  affright  thy  guilty  lou'  • 
n  Now,  like  a  lion,   flialJ  rry  veng'ance  tear     .- 
*"'  Thy  bleeding  heart,   and  no  deii  v'rer  near  '* 
Judgment  concludes*    hell  trembles;   heav'n  "reioicef  * 
Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  faints,  with  chearful  voice?     * 


fc» 


O  R  1  M  A, 


15  Sinnere,  awfe  by  times ;  ye  fools  be  wif«  1 
Awake,  betore  this  dreadful  mo.ning  rife      * 
Change  your  vain  thoughts,  your  crooked  works  arne*J 
Fly  to  the  SavW.  mak5  the  judge  yo.ur  fnerT  '*' 

When  Clmft  returns,  he  comes  for  yotjrfalvation. 

P  S  A  L  M  LI.    Firtf  Part.    Long  Metre* 
•    f  * 

A  penitent  pleading  for   pardon. 

*  QHEW  pity,  Lord  ;  O  Lord !  forgive,         '*** 
O  Let  a  repentin,g  rebel  live ; 
Are   not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  ? 
May    not  a  finner  ttuft  in  thee  ?      " . 

3  My  crimes  are  great,  but  not  furpafs 

Tile  boW'r  and  glory  of  thy  grace 
Great  God,  thy  nature  hath  no  bound  ! 

So  let  sky  pard'ning  grace  be    found. 

J  O  warn;  my   foul  from  ev'ry  fin  ! 
Acid  make  aiy  guilt}  cenlcience  elew  f 


P    S    A    L    M     LI,  75 

Here  on  my  heart,  my  burden  lies ; 

And    pari:  offences    pain   mine  eyes. 
My  lips  with  iname  my  fins  cohfefs  **  -1,1"-, 

Ajgainft   thy   law,  againft   thy  grace  2 
-L€m,   fflrould  thy  judgment  grow  fevereV 

lam  condemn'd,  but  thou  art  clear. 
iS  Should  fudden  vengeance  feize  my  breathj 

1  muft  pronounce  thee  jail  in  death  :  , 

And  if  my  loul  were  fent  to  hell, 

Thy  righfous  law  approves  it  well. 
6  Yet  fave  a  trembling  finner,  Lord, 

Whofe  hope  fti'l  hov'ring  round  thy  word 

Would  light  on  fome  fweet  promife  there3 

Some  lure  fupportagaihil  defpair. 

FSALM    LI.      Second  Part.    Long  UetrV, 
Original  and  actual  fin  confeffed. 

I   T    ORD,  I  am  vile>  conceiv'din  fin, 

I   j  And  borrt  unholy  and  unclean, 
I   Sprung  from    the  man  whole  guilfy  fall 

Corrupts  his  race  and  taints  us  ail. 
ft  Soon  as  we  draw  our  infant  breath, 

The  feeds  of  fin  grew   up  for  death  j 
.    Thy  law  demands  a  perfect  heart, 

But  we're  defiPd  in  ev'ry  part. 
£3  Great  God,  Create  my   heart  aneV? 

And  from  my  fpirit  pure  and  true  3 
.     O  make  me  wife  betimes  to  fpy 

My  danger,  ahd  my  remedy.] 

4  Behold,  I  fall  before  thy  face  1 
My  only  refuge  is  thy  grace  j    , 

.   No  outward  forms  can  make  me  clean  I 
The  leprofy  lies  deep  within. 

5  Nor  bleeding  bird,  nor  bleeding  beafl, 
Nor  hyffop  branch,  nor  /prinklingpriefl, 

.  Nor  running*  brook,  nor-flood  nor  fea, 

Can  waih  the  difmal  ftain  away. 
$  Jefus,  my  Godi  thy  blood  alone 
Hath  pow'r  fufncieht  to  atone  j   ' 
Thy  blood  ean  make  me  white  as  fnowr 
Nt>  Jewifli  types  ccniid  eleanfe  me   fa,   ■,   • 
^  While  guilt  difturbs  and  breaks  my  peaeij 
-  Nor  flefh,  nor  foul,  hath  reft  or  eafe,  j 
$ord,  let  me'  hear  thy  pard'nJng- voice, 
AnA  make  my  broken  bofl«s  rfjoice, 
I 


<%>  PSALM     LI. 

PSALM       LI.     Third  Part.  Long  Metrc. 

The  backflider  reftored  ;  or,  Repentance  and  faith; 
in    the  blood  of  Chrift. 

2  f~\  Thou  wh6  hear' ft  when  finnerscry ! 
Vy  :ho'  all  my  crimes  before  thee  lie,. 
Behold   them    not  with  angry  look, 
But  blot   their  mem'ry  from  thy  book* 

2  Create  my  nature  pure  within, 
And  form  my  foul  a*erfe  to  fin  J 
Let  thy  good  fpirit  ne'er  depart, 

,    ..  N  ir  hidfe  thy    prefence  from  my  heart." 

3  I  cannot  live  without  thy  light, 
Caftout  ahd  banifh'd  from  thy  fight. 
Thine   holy  joys,  my  God,  reftore  i 

>  And  guard  me   that  I    fail  no  more. 
4-  Tho'  I  ha'Ve  griev'd  thy    Spirit,  Lord, 
His  help  and  comfort  ftill  afford  : 
And   let  a  wretch  come  near  thy  throne* 
J  To  plead  the  merits  af  thy  Son. 

5  A  broken  heart;  my  God,  my  KLifig* 
Is  all  the   facrifice  I    bring  ; 

The  God  of  grace  will  ne'er  defpifs 
t  A  broken"  heart  for  facrifice. 

6  My  foul  lies  humbled  in  the  duft, 
And  owns  thy  dreadful  fentence  juft  , 
Look  down,  O  Lsrd,  with  pit'ing  eye, 

f'Aijd  fave  the  foul  condemn'd  to  die. 

7  Then  will  I  teach  the  world  thy  ways  J 

Sinners  fhall  learn  thy  Sov' reign  grace  j 
I'll  lead  them  to  my  Saviour's  blood, 
\    And  they  fhall   praife  a  pard'ning  God  . 
S  O  may    thv  love  infpire  my  tongue ! 
Salvation  fhall  be  all  my  fohg  j 
And  aM  my  ^pow'  rs  fhall  join  to  blefs 
The  Lord  my  ftrength  and  right'oufnefe* 


PSALM    Lf.    Fitft  Part.    Common   Mecr: 


Original  and  a£tual  fm  confeficd  and  pardoned* 

lY    ORD,  Ivvould  fpread  myfore     diftr 
JL/  And  guilt  before  thine  eyes- ; 
Againft  thy  laws,  againft   thy  gftOfc     •    ' 
IIov/  high  my  crimes  a  rife: 


-P    S    A    L    M      LL 

6  Should'ft  thou  condefrin  my  foul  to  'hell, 

And  crufh  my  flem  to  dull, 
Heav'n  would  approve   thy  veng'ance  well, 
And  earth  muft  own   itjuft. 

3  I  from  theftockof  Adam  came,    -. 

Unholy  and  unclean  ; 
All  my  original  is  fharne, 
And  AH  my  n«atuce  fin. 

4  Born  in  a  world  of  nuilt,  I  drew 

Contagion  with  my  breath, 
And    as  my  days  advanc'd,  I  grew 

A  j  utter  prey  for  death 
g  Cleanfe  me,  O  Lord  !  ani  clear  my  fosi 

With  thy  forgiving  love  j 
O   make  my  broken  fpirit  whole3 

And  bid  my  pains  remove. 
<3  Let  not  thy  fpirit  quite  depart, 

Nor  drive  me  from  thy  face_j 
Create  anew  my  vicious  heart, 

And  fill  it  with  thy  grace. 

7  Then  will  1  make  thy  mercy  knov;n 

Before  the  fons  of  men} 
.•Backfliders  mall  addrels  thy  throne, 
And  turn  to  God  again, 


PSALM    LI.    Second  Paj$. 

Repentance  and  faith  in  the  Wood  of  Chri-ft. 

2   S~\  God  of  mercy,  hear  my  call3 
\_}K  My  load  of  guilt  remove, 
Sreak  down  the  feparating  wall         > 
Which  bars  me  from  thy  love. 
2,  Give  me  the  prefence  of  thy  grace, 
Then  mv  rejoicing  tongue 
Shall  fpeak  aloud  thy  right'oufhels*  T 
And  make  thy  praife  my  fong. 
j  No  blood  of  goats  nor  heifers  fiain 
For  fin  could  e'er  atone  ; 
The  death  of  Chrift  mall  ftiil  remain 
Sufficient  and  alone. 
d.  A  foul  opprefs'd  with  fin's  defert 
My  God  will  ne'er  defpife  j 
A  hugr.ble  gtoan,  a  broken,  hearty 
'Is  ©ur  beft  Sacrifice. 


I 


%  PSALM      UlL- 

PSALM    LIII. 

Vi^ory  and  deliverance  from  perfecutio^ 

*.    A  RE  ali  the  (o^  of  Sion  fools 
JT\    Who  thus  devour  her  iaints  ? 
Do  tney  not  know  her  Saviour  ruJes3 
And  pities  her  complaints  ?     '      ,. 
S  They  ihall  be  feizM  v^th  lad  i'urprifc 
For  God  s  revenging  arm  '' 

Scatters  tne  bon^pi  thole  who  rife 
I odo  his  children  harm* 
|  In  vain  the  ftins  of  fa;an  boaft 
?      Ot  Armies  in  array  ;         , 
When  God  has  firftr  deipis'd  their  heft 
They  Mi  an  eafy  prey, 
£  O  for  a  word  from  Sioh's  King 
Her  captives  to  reftere  ! 
Jacoo,  with  all  his-iws  tribes  fhall  fin^, 
And  Juuah  weep  no  more* 

PSALM    LV,   '  Common  Metre, 

S^P°I£,%;tne  affiled  and  tempi?dfoi& 

1  f\  GOD,  my  refuge  !  hear  my  cries, 
'"  \~/~    Behoid  my  flowing  tears,  • 

For  earth  and  hell  my  hurt  devife3 
and  triumph  in  my' fears. 
%  Their  rags  i§  levell  <{  at  my  life, 
My  foul' v/ich  guilt  1  load, 
And  jail  my  tnoughts  with  inward  ftrife 
To  lhake  my  hope  in  God.. 
3  With  inward  pains^my  he  art!  firings  fount, 
I  groan  with  ev'ry  breath  :  \         "  h 

Horror  and  fear  befe't  me  round 
Among  the  ihades  of  death. 

4  Q  were  I  lik'ea  feather'd  dove  ? 

And  innoience  had  wings  j 
I'd  fly,  and  make' a  long  remove 
From  ai!  tboie  reftlefs  things.  : 

5  Let  me  to  foraewild  defart  go,    " 

And  find  a  peaceful  home  j 
"Where  ftorms  of  marice  never  blov.'* 
Temptations  never  come. 

6  Vain  hopes  and  vain  inventions  all- 

1>  q  '(cape  the  ra^e  of  hell  »  '  'v 


P    S-  A    L    M      Ly« 

"The  mighty  God,  on  .whom  I  call, 
Ccn  l..ve  here  as  well. 
V.  By^morning  light  I'll  feek  his  face, 
At  noon  repeat  my  cry, 
-  The  night  fhail  hear  me  alk  his  grace. 
Nor  will  he  long  deny. 
£  God  ihall  preferve  my  foui  from  fear « 
Or  fhjeld  me  when  afraid  : 
Ten  thoufand  angels  mutt  appear^ 
If  he  commands  their  aid.. 
9  I  caft  my  burdens  or,  the  Lord, 
The  Lord  fuftains  them  all  j 
My  courage  rehs  upon  his  woid,_ 
That  faints  ihall  never  fall. 
S3  My  higheft  hopes  fhaii  not  be  vain, 
My  lips  mail  ipread  his  praife  j 
-While  cruel  ana  deceitful  men 
Scarce  live  out  half  their  days. 


PSALM    LV,    Short  Metre. 
Dangerous  profperityj  or,  daily  'demotion  encQUrag 


L 


ET  finners  take  their  cburie. 
And  chufe  the  road  ic  death  \ 


But  in  the  vyorihip  cf  my  Qod 
I'll  fpend  my  dailybrea  h. 

5  My  thoughts  addreishis  throne 

When  morning  brrngs  the  light-  § 
I  feek  his  bleffing  ev'ry  noon, 
And  pay  my  vows  at  night. 
3  Thou  wilt  regard  my  cries. 
O  my  eternal  God  '* 
While  linners  peri/h,  in  furprife, 
Beneath  chine  angry  rod; 
$.  Becaufe  they  dwell  at  eafe, 
And  no  lad  changes  feel. 
They  neither  fear  nor  truft  thy  ^i'me^ 
Nor  learn  to  do  thy  will/ 
e  But  i,  with  all  my  cares 
Will  lean  upon  the  Lord  ; 
I'll  caft  my  burdens  on  his  arm, 
And  reft  upon  his  word. 

6  His  arm  ihaiiweli  fuftain 

t      The  children  of  his  love  j 
The  ground  on  which  their  fafetyftaijgs 
Nosarthly  p»w'r$ari  xnqye. 


6  PSALM     LYI,  g 

PSALM    LVI. 

deliverance  from  oppreffion  and  falfhood  :  or,  God's  care  6? 
his  people  in  anfwer  to  faith  and  prayer.  J 

I  O  THOU!  whofejufhce  reigns  on  high, 
\jr     And  makes  th'  oppreffor  ceafe, 
ttehold  how  env'ous  finners  try 

To  vex  and  break  my  peace*        ■    - 
a  The  fons  of  violence' and  lies     \ 
Join  to  devour  mej  Lord  j 
But  as  my  hourly  dangers  rife, 
My  refuge  is  thy  word. 

3  In  God  moftholy,  juft  and  triie, 

I  have  r:pos'd  my  truft  ; 
Nor  will  I  fear  what  fleih  can  do,  , 
The  offspring  of  the  duft. 

4  They  reft  my  words  to  mifchief  ftill, 
n*-r  ,  rge  me  with  unknown  faults  : 

-Mifchief  doth  all  their  counfels  fill3 
And  malice  all  their  thoughts. 

5  Shall  they  efcape  without  thy  frown? 

Muft  their  devices  ftand  ? 
On  caff,  the  haughty  finner  flown,. 
And  let  him  Jcaow  thy  h  *id  ! 

P    A    U    S    Ea 

<5  G^d  counts  the  forrows  of  his  faints 
Their  groans  affecl:  his  ears  I 
Thou  haft  a  book  for  my  complaint^ 
A  bottle  for  my  tears. 

7  When  to  thy  throne  I  raife  my  cry,       • . 

The  wicked  fear  and  flee  ; 
So  fwift  ispray'r  to  reach  the  fky3 
So  near  is  God  to  me. 
3  In  thee,  imft  holy,  juft  and  true, 
I  have!  repos'd  my  truft: 
Nor  will  I  tear  whatrrifcn  can  do,  * 
The  offspring  of  the  duft» 
o  Thy  folemnvows  areon  me,  Lord  j 
Thou  malt  receive  my  praife  ; 
TJlfng.    how  faithful  is  thy  word  ; 
Howi  J:t    us  all  thy  ways! 
ro  Th  >ti  haft    _cur'd  my  foul  from  death, 
O  fet  tl  \  pris'aei  free ! 
Tkat  heart  and  hand,  and  life  and  breath> 
jvii.y  beemploy'd  for  thee. 


I    S    A    L    M      LVIL 
PSALM    LVII. 

Praife  for  prote&ion,  grace  and  truths 

1  "\  Jf  Y  God,  in  whom  are  all  the  fprings 
JLVA   Of  boundlefs  love  and  grace  unknown, 
Hiue  me  beneath  thy  fpreading,  wings, 
'Till  the  dark  cloud  is  overblown. 

2  Up  to  the  heavn's  I  fend  my  cryj  % 
The  Lord  will  my  defires  perform  \ 
He  fends  his  angels  from  the  iky, 

And  faves  me  from  the  threat'ning  ftorrc, 

3  Be  thouexaked,  O  my  God.! 
Above  the  heav'ns  where  angels  dwell  5 
Thy  pow'r  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  to  thy  land  thy  wonders  tell, 

4  My  heart  is  fix' d  ;  myfongfhall  raife 
Immortal  honors  to  thy  name  : 
Awake,  my  tongue,  to  found  his  praife  $ 

'  My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame. 

5  High  o'er  the  earth  his  mercy  reigns, 
And  reaches  to  the  utmoft/ky  } 

■  His  truth  to  endlefs  years  remains, 
"When  lower  worlds  cifoive  and  die. 

6  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  G«d  ! 

Above  the  heav'ns  where  angels  dwell  5 
Thy  pow'r  on  earth  be  known  abroa* 
And  land   to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 

PSALM    LVIIL 

Warning   to    Magistrates; 

j    "tUDGESj who  rule  the  world  by  laws, 
<j    Will  ye  difpife  the  righteous  caufe, 

When  iia'  injur' d  poor  before  .you  ftands  ': 
Dare^ye  condemn  the  right' ous  poor, 
And  let  rich  finners  'fcape  fecure, 
While  gold  and  greatnefs  bribe  your  hand? , 
a  Have  ye  forgot,  or  never  knew    .. 
That  God  will  judge  the  Judges  too? 

High  in  theheav'ns  his  juftice  reigna  5 
Yet  you  invade  the  rights  of  God  j 
And  lend  your  bold  decrees  abroad 
■*    To  bind  the  confcience  in  your  chains 
3  A  poifon'd  arrow  is  your  tongue, 
The  arrow  fliarp,  the  poifon  ftrong,  ,  / 

An4  death  attends  where  e'er  it  wound?! 


$«  psalm    tvifo 

Ycu  hear  no  counfels,  cries  or  tears  j 
So  the  deaf  adder  ftops  her  ears. 

Againft  the  pow'r  of  charming  founds. 

4  Break  otf£  their  teeth,  eternal  God, 
Thofe  teeth  of  lions  dy'd  in  blood  ; 

Andcruih  theferpents  in  the  duft  : 
As  empty  chaff  when  whirlwinds  rife, 
Before  the  fweeping  tempeft  flies,     ' 

So  lettheir  hopes  and  names  be  loft. 

5  Th1  Almighty  thunders  from  the  Iky  ! 
Their  grandeur  melt$,  their  titles  die  ; 

As  hills  of  Ihow  £IfTblve  and  run, 
Or  mails  which  perifh  in  their  flime  ! 
♦  Or  births  which  come  before  their  time, 
•  Vain  births  which  never  fee  the  fun  I 

6  Thus  mall  the'veng'ance  of  the  Lord 
Safety  and  joy  tc  faints  afford  j 

And  all  who  hear,  fhall  join  and  fay 
"  Sure  there's  a  God  who  rules  on  high, 
ct  A  God  who  hears  his  children  cry, 

**  And  wil!  their  fuff'rings  well  repay* 

PSALM    LX. 

On  a  day  of  humiliation  for  difappoiritiien' 
in  War. 


1  T    ORDhafi:  thou  caft  New  England  orH 

|  j     Muft  we  for  ever  mourn  ? 
Wilt  thou  indulge  immortal  wrath  ? 
Shall  mercy  ne'er  return  ? 
a  The  terror  of  one  frown  of  thine 
Melts  all  our  ftrength  away  j 
Like  men  vho  totter  drunk  with  wine, 
We  tremble  in  difmay. 
5  New  England  fhakes  beneath  thy ftrcke, 
And  dreads  thy  threatening  hand} 
O  heal  the  people  thou  hail  broke, 
Reft^re  the  trembling  land. 
A  Lift  u>:-  a  banner  in  the  field, 
For  thofe  who  fear  thy  name  t 
Save  thy  beloved  with  thy  fhield, 
#     And  put  our  foes   to   fhame. 
e  Go  with  our  armies  to  the  fight 
£  Like  a  confederate  God  : 
Jn'vain  confederate  powers  uniCc 
Againft  thy  lifted  rod. 


P    £    A    L    M      LXI.  V 

€  Our  trpoos  mull  .^ain  a  wide  renown 
Bv  ta.ne  affiiting  hand  ; 
'Tis  Gjj  who    treads  the  mighty  down, 
And  makes  the  feeble  Hand. 

PSALM       LXI* 

Safety  in  God. 

*  "t  Y  7HEN  overwhelm'd  with  grief,, 

VV     My  heart  within  me  dies, 
Heipefs,  and  far  from  all  relief, 
To  hea\  nllift  mine  eyes, 
a  O  lead  me  to  the  Rock 

That's   high  ;  bove  my  head  ! 
And  make  the  covert  of  thy  wings 
My  ihelter  and  my  (hade. 

3  Wimin  thy  prefence,  Lord, 

Forever  Til  abide  5 
Thou  art  the  tow'r  of  my  defen, 
The   refuge  where  I  hide. 

4  Thou  giveft  me  the  lot 

Of  thole  who  fear   rhy  name  j 

*  If  endlefs  life  be  their  reward, 

I  mall  poffefs  the  fame. 

P  S  A  L  M    LXII. 

No   truft  in  the  creatures  ;  or,  Faitjt  in  diving 
grace   and  power. 

I  Tl  If  Y  fpirit  looks  to  God  alone  ; 

J_VX    My  only  refuge  is  his  throne  5 

In  a.;  my  fears,  in  all  my  ftraits, 

My  foul  on  his  falvation  waits, 
ft  Truft  him  ye  laints,  in  alj  ycur  ways, 

Pour  out  your  hearts  before  his  face  i 

When  helpers  fail,  and  foes  invade, 

God  is  our  all-fufficient    aid. 
J  Falfe  are  the  men  of  hi^h  degree. 

The  b.uer  fort  are  vanit    J 

Laid  in  the  balance,  botrrCaj>pear, 

Light  as  a  puff  of  empty  air.      x 
q  Make  not  increafing  gold  your  truft, 

Nor  let  your  heart  on  gliti'hng  duft ; 

"Why  wiil  you   gral'p  the  fleeting  imoke* 

frnd  not  believe  what  God  has  lpeke* 
M  . 


S8  P    S    A    L  M     LXTI. 

5  Once  has  his  awful  voice  declar'd, 
Once  and  again  my  ears  have  hear'd, 
"  All  pow'r  is  his  eternal  due* 

"  He  rrurl  be  fear'd  and  trufted  too.'* 

6  For  fpv'reign  powYreigns  not  alone, 
Grace  is  a  partner  of  the/  throne  : 
Thy  grace  andjuftice,  mighty  Lord, 
Shall  well  divide  our  la  ft  reward. 

P  S  A  L  M    LXH.     FirftPart.     Common  Metre 

The  morning  of  a  Lord's   day. 

I  YEARLY,  my  God,  without  delay, 
Vj  I  hafte  to  feekthy  face  ; 
My  thirfty  fpirit  faints  away, 
\      Without  thy    chearing  grace. 
s  So  pilgrims  on  the  fcorching  fand 
Beneath  a  burning  ficy, 
Long  for  a  cooling  ftrearn  at  hand, 
And  they  muft  drink,  'or  die. 

3  Fve  fztn  thy  glory  and  thy  pow'r 

Thro'  all  thy  temples  mine  ; 
My  God,  repeat  that  heav'nly  hour,, 
That  virion  fo  divine 

4  Not  all  the  bleflings  of  a  feaft 

Can  pleafe  my  foul  fo  well, 

As   when  thy  richer  grace  I  tafte, 

And  in  thy,prefence  dwell. 

5  Not   life  itfelf,with  all    her  joys 

Can  my  beft  paiTions  move, 
Or  raife  fo  high  my  chearful  voice 
As  thy  forgiving  love. 
6  Thus  'till  my  laft .expiring  day, 
I'll  blefi>  my  God  and  King  ; 
Thus  will  I  lift  my  hands  to  pray, 
And  tune  my  lips  to  fing 

PSALM   XXIII.     Second  Part. 

Midnight  thoughts  recollected. 

I   'fTTVWAS  in  the  watches  of  the  nigh*: 
X        I  thought  upon  thy  pow'r  : 
I  kept  thy  lovely  face  in  fght 
Amidft  thedarkeft  hour. 
4  My  flefh  lay  reftins  on  my  bed 
My  foul  arofe  on  high  } 


•  p  s  a  l  u  %  xrof  ^ 

My  God  !  my  Life  !  my  hope,  I  faid, 
Bring  thy  iaivation  nigh. 

3  My  fpirit  labours  up  thine  hill, 

And  climbs  thy  heav'nly  road  : 
But  thy  right-hand  beholds  me  ftillj 
While  I  purfue  my  God. 

4  Thy  mercy  ftretches  o'er  my  head 

The  fhadow  of  thy  wings  j 
I  ly  heart  rejoices  in  thine  aid, 

My  tongue  awakes,  and  /ings» 
c  the  deftroyers  of  my  peace 

Shall  fret  and  rage  in  vain  i 
The  tempter  jhali  forever  ceafe, 

And  ail  my  fins  be  flain. 
I  Thy  fword  mail  give  my  foes  to  death? 

And  fend  them  down  to  dwell 
In  the  dark  caverns  of  the  earth, 

Or  to  thj|,  depths  of  hell. 

PSALM     LXIII.      Long  Metre. 
Longing  after  God  j   or,  the  lo^e  of  God  better  thaa  £%? 

GREAT  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim, 
Thou  art  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  reft  j 
Tne  glories  which  compofe  thy  name 
Stand  all  engag'd  to  make  me  blelt. 

2  Thou  Great  and  Good,  thou  Juft  and  Wife, 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God  j 

And  I  am  thine  by  f  acred  ties  j 

Thy  fon>  thy  fervant,  bought  with  blood* 

3  With  heart,  and  eyes,  and  lifted  hand^, 
For  thee  I  long,  to  thee  I  look, 

As  travellers  in  thirfty  lands 
Pant  for  the  cooling  water-brook. 

4  With  early  feet  I  love  t'appear 
Among  thy  faints,,  that  feek  thy  face  J 
Oft  have  I  iten  thy  glory  there,  —  - 
And  felt  the  pow'r  of  fov1  reign  grace. 

5  Nor  fruits  nor  wines  which  tempt  ,oar  taft&> 
Nor  all  the  joys  pur  fenfes  know, 

Could  make  mefo  divinely  bleft, 
Or  raifemy  chearful  paihon  fo» 
5  My  life  ittelf,  without  thy  love, 
No  tafte  of  pleafure  could  afford  } 
'Twouid  but  a  tirefome  burden  prove. 
If  I  were  banifh'd  from  the  Lori, 


*°  P    5  A    L    M     LXIIT. 

7  Amidft  the  wakeful  hours  of  night, 
™>  uen  buiy  cats  afi.d  my  head, 
Ur.e  thought  of  thee  ^ives  new  delight, 
A"d  adds  rerreflimen.  to  my  bed. 

S  I'll  lift:  my  hands,  I'll  raife  my  voice 
W  hile  I  have  bieath  to  pray  or'pra.le  : 
Th  s  work  /hah  make  my  heai  t  rejoice, 
And  l-  end  the  remnant  of  my  days, 

PSALM    LXill.      Shor:   Mitre, 

Seeking  God. 

J  TV  /f"^  God  permit  my  tongue 
1  ¥  \    This  joy,  to  call  thee"mine  : 
And  let  m\  early  cries  prevail 
To  tafte  thy  love  divine! 

s  Mv  rbirfty  fainting  fo<U 

Thym-rcy  does  implore  : 

Not  travellers  in  deiarr.  lands 

C  n  pant  for  water  more, 

3  Within  thy  churches,  Lord, 

i  ion-  to  findmv  place. 
Thy  pcwrV^ad.  glory  to  behold' 

And  feel  chy  quck'ning  grace. 

4  For  life  without  thv  .We 

No  rel  (hem  afford; 
Nojoy  can  be  Compared  with  thK 
To  lerve  and  plea/e  the  L  -rd. 

$  To  thee  I'll  lift  my  hands, 

And  oraife  thee,  while  I  live- 
Not  ail  the  dainties  of  a  ft  a$     ? 
Such  rood  or  pieaiure  give. 

6  In  wakeful  hours  of  night 
I  call  my  God  to  mimf; 
I  think  how  wife  thy  counfels  are., 
Ana  ail  thy  dealings  kind. 

j  Since  thru  had  been  my  help, 
To  thee  my  ipiri:  flies., 
And  on  try  watchful  providence 
My  chearfal  hope  reiies, 

8  The  fhaaow  of  thv  wings 
My  foul  in  fefejt;  keeps ! 
.1  follow  wheire  my  Father  leafc. 
And  he  imports  my  fteps. 


P$ALM      LXV.  $i 

PSALM    LX'.      Firft  Pa:t.     Long  Metre, 
Public  Prayer  and  praife. 

J  HP' HE  praife  of  Sion  wait9  for  thee, 

J.        My  God  j  and  praife  becomes  thyhoufo. 

There  mail  thy  faints  thy  glory  fee, 

And  there  perform  thy  public  vows, 
a  O  thou  !   whofe  rriercy  bends  the  Ikies, 

To  fave  when  humble  finners  pray, 

Ail  lands  t>  thee  hall  lifttherr  eyes, 

And  Iflan.is  pf  the  northern  fea. 

3  Ajiai nit  my  will  my  lins  prevail, 

But  grace  ihall  purge  away  their ftainf 
The  biood  of  Chrift  will  never  fail 
To  Waih  my  garments  white  again, 

4  Bleftis  the  man  whom  thou  ihalt  chufe 
Ani  give  him  kind  accefs  to  thee; 
Givenim  a  place  within  thy  houfe, 
To  taite  thy  ioye  divinely  free. 

PAUSE. 


5  Let  "Rabel  fear  when  Sion  prays  ; 
Babel  prepares  for  long  diitiefs, 
When  Sion's  God  himfelf  arrays 
In  terror  and  in  right'oufnefs. 

6  With  dreadful  glory  God  fulfils 
What  his  affected  arm  requeft  ; 
And  with  almighty  wrath  reveals 
H;s  love,  to  give  his  churches  reft. 

7  Then  ihall  the  flocking  nations  run 
To  Sion's  hill  and  ?wn  their  Lord  ; 
The  rifing  and  the  fetting  mn 
ShaU  fee  the  Sav'our's  nameador'd. 


PSALM    LXV.     Second  Part.     Long  Metrg. 

Divine  providence  in  air,  earth  and  fea  ;  oi> 
the  God  of  Nature  and    Grace. 

"3  '"TpHE  God  of  our  falvation  hears 

F       The  groans  of  Sion  mix'd  with  tears  | 
Yet  when   he  comes  with  kind  defigns, 
Through  all  the  way  his  terrojr  ihjnes, 


9&  P    S    A    I    M     LXVf. 

3 'On'vm  the  ric?  ojf  man  depends, 
^  the  e  rcii's  re'iridteft  ends, 
\v  iere  tfee  Creau.-'s  name   is  icnown 
By.  nature's  lecoie   light  alone.. 

3  Sailors  who  trayelo'er  the  UooeL 
^Aiirefs  cnek  frighted  f>ufs  o  Goi 
"V/h'i .i  re  mpeth  . age,  and    billows  roar, 

--it  drea^fdl  diftance  rrorfi  tie  fhore. 

4  He  oids  the  noil/  tempe.1  ceafe, 

i He  calms  th     i  iging  croud  to  peace, 
""When  a  tumult' oy.s  nation  rave?, 
Wildes  the  winds,  and  loud  as  waves. 

5  Whale  kingdoms   fhaken  by  the  itorin, 
He  fettles^  in  a  peaceful  form  ;  t 
Mountains  eftabli&ftj  by  his  hand, 
Firm  ->n  cheir  old  foundations  liana. 

6  Behold,  his  enfigns  fwecp  the  fky, 
N-v   comets  blaze,  and  light'nings  fly  1 
The  Hea:hen  lands  with  fad  furprife, 
Fram  tiie  bright  horrors  turn  their  eyes. 

1  At  his  command  the   morning  ray 
cS-nil-s  in  the  E;  it,    and  leads   the  day  ;.  - 
He   guides  his  fun's '  declining  wheels 
Over  the  tops  of  Weftern   hius. 
I  Seafons  and  times  obey  his  voice ; 
;Theev'ning  -and  the  morn  rejoice 
To  fee  the  earth  ma.  e  iorjt  with  ihow'rj^ 
L-aeien  with  fruit  and  dreilin  flow'is. 
f  'Tis    from  his  watry  ftoreson  high 
He  gives  the    thirfty  ground  fuppjy  ; 
.he  wralks  upon  the  clouds,  and  thence.' 
Doch  his  enriching  drops  difpence. 
io  "'■  he  defa.it  grows  a  fruitful  field, 
.dant  fruit  the  vaiJies  yeild  ? 
The  rallies  lhout   with  chearful  voice, 
And  neighboring  hills  repeat  their  joys* 
"■<:  p  i  (lures  fmile  in   green  array, 
re    iambs  and   larger  cattle  play  } 
larger  cattle  and  the  lamb, 
E^ch  in  his  language  fpeaks  his  name. 

irks  pronounce  thy  pow'r  divine  j 
O'e..   ev     ■  field  thy  glories  mine  j 

a  ry  month  thy  gifts  appear; 
SreatGod!   thy  good  nefs   crowas.  ihe  yey: 


P    S  .A    L    M      LXV. 

PSALM  LXV.     Firft    Part.     Common. Metre, 
■    A  prayer  hearing  God,  and  the  Gentiles  called* 
i  TJRA1SE  waits  in    Sion>  Lord  for  thee-, 
X      There  fhail  our   vows  be  paid  : 
Thou  haft  an  ear  when  fanners  piay3 
All  ffeiK  fhall  feek  thine  aid* 

2  Lord,  our  iniquities    prevail^ 

But  pard'ning  grace  is  .thine, 
And  thou   wilt  grant  us  pow'r  and  fkiJl 
To  conquer  ev'ry  fin. 

3  Blefs'd  are  the  men  whom  thou  ihaltchufe 

To  bring  them  near  thy  face, 
Give  them  a  dwelling  in  thine  houfe 
To  feaft  upon  thy  grace. 

4  In  an  fw' ring  what  thy  church  requefts,. 

Thy  truth  and  terror  mine, 
And  works  of  dreadful  right'oufaefs 
-    Fulfil  thy  kind  delign.    : 

5  Thus  fhall  the  wond'ring  nations  fee 

The  Lord  is  good  andjuft  j 
And  diftantifiands  fly  to  thee, 
And  make  thy  name  their  truft. 

6  They  dread  thy  glittering  tokens,  Lordj 

When  ligns  in  heav'n  appear ; 
But  they  fhall  learn  thy  holy  word, 
And  love  as  well  as  fear. 

PSALM    LXV.     Second  Pa  fc. 

The  providence  of  God  in  air,  earthandfea;  or,  t-lie" 

bleffing  of  rain. 
I  ''TpIS  by  thy  forength  the  mountains  &mdr 
J.        God  of  eternal  pow'r  ! 
The  fea  grows  calm  at  thy  command, 
And  tempefts  ceafe  to  roar. 
S  The  morning  light  and  ev'ning  made 
Succeflive  comforts  bring  : 
Thy  plenfous  fruits  make  harveft  glad, 
Thy  flowr's  adorn  the  fpring. 
3  Seafons  arid  times,  and  moons  and  hours9 
Heav'n,  earth,  and  air  are  thine  ; 
When  clouds  diftil  their  fruitful  inow'rsj 
The  Author  is  divine.' 
4-  Thofe  wandYmg  cifterns  in  the  fky, 
Borne  by  the  winds  around, 
With  wat'ry  treafures  wellfupply 
The  furrows  of  the  ground* 


i 


$4  PSALM       LXW 

5  The  thirfty   ridgej  drink  their  fill, 
r    And  r«nksof  corn  appear: 

T«tf  ways  abound  with  bleflings  ftill 
Ih;  goodnefs  crowns  the  year. 

PSALM    LXV.     Third  Part. 

The  blefling  of  the  fpring  ;  or,  God  gives  raiai 

A    rfalrh  For  the  huibandman. 
I  f*i  OOD  is  the  Lord,  the  heav'nly  King, 
VJ     Who  ma  icea  the  earth  his  care : 
Viatsthe  pafturesev'ry  fning, 
And  bid s  'he  grafs  appear. 

6  The  clouds  like  risers  rais'.i  on  high, 

Pour  out  at  thy  command 
Their  Watry  bleflings  from  the  fkv, 
To  chear  the  thirfty  land. 

3  The  foften'd  .ridges  of  the  field 

Permit  the  corn  to  ipring  ; 

The  Tallies  rich  provifion  yield, 

And  the  poor  laborers  fmg. 

4  The  little  hills  on  ev'ryfide 

Rejoice  at  falling  fhow'rs, 
The  meadows,  drefr  in  i>Jl  their  prida- 
Perfume  the  air  with  flow'rs. 

5  The  barren  clods,  refreft'd  with  raift 

Promife  a  joyful  crop  ; 
The  parched  ground  looks  green  a*ain. 
And  raife  the  reaper's  hope.        ° 

6  The  varans  months  thy  goodnefs  crowns  : 

How  bount'ous  are  thy  ways  ? 
The  bleating  flocks  fpread  o'er  the  downs, 
And  ihepherds  ihout  thy  praife. 

PSALM       LXVI.         Firit  Part. 

Governing  power  and  goodnefs  j  or,  eur  grace  tried 
by  afflictions. 

1  QING  all  ye  nations,  to  the  Lord, 
O     Sing  with  a  joyful  noife  ; 

W  ith  meiody  of  found,  record 
His  honors  ^nd  jour  joys. 

2  Say  to  the  Pow'r  which  makes  the  iky, 

"  How  terrible  ait  thou  ! 
({  Sinners  before  chy  pretence  fly, 
•  «"«  Or  at  thy  feat  tjtey  bow. 


PSALM    LXVX  t$: 

[3  Come,  fee  the  wonders  of  our  God, 
How  glor'ous  are  his  ways  ! 
In  Moles'   hand  he  puts  his  rod, 
And  cleaves  the  frighted  feas. 

4  He  made  the  ebbing  channel  dry- 

While  IiVel  pafs'd  the  flood  ;  \.,J-  A  ■ 

There  did  the  church  begin  their  joy, 

And  triumph  in  their  God. J  _* 

5  He  rules  by  his  refiftlefs  might  : 

What  rebel  mortals  dare 
Provoke  th'  Eternal  to  the  fight,  "A 

And  tempt  that  dreadful  war  ? 
«  O  blefs  our  God,   and  never  ceafe  ! 
Ye  faints,  fulfil  his   praile  5 
He  keeps  our  life,  maintains  our  peace, 
And  guides  our   doubtful  ways. 

7  Lord,  thou  haft  prov'd  our  furPring  fouls» 

To  make  our  graces  fhine  $ 
"  So  filver  bea-s  the  burning,  coals, 
The  metal  to  refine. 

8  Thro'  wsttry  deeps  and  fi'ry  ways, 

We  march  at  thy   command, 
Led  to  pofTefs  the  promis'd  place, 
By  thy  unerring  hand. 

PSALM      LXVI.   Second  Part, 
Praife  to  God  for  having  prayer. 

1  XTOW  mail  my  folemn  vows  be  paid 
X^    To  that  almighty  pow'r, 
Which   heard    the  long  requefts  I  made 
In  my  diftrefsful  hour. 
s  My  lips  and  chearful  heart  prepare  ^ 

To  make   his  mercies  known  5 
Come,  ye  who  fear  mv  God,  and  hear  ^"  ' 

The  wonders  he  has  done. 
3  When  on  my  head  huge  forrows  fell, 
I  fought  his  heav'niy  aid  : 
Hefav'd  mv  finking  foul  from  heJi, 
And  death's  eternal  fbade. 
<!■  If  fin  lav  cover' d  in  my  heart, 

While  prayer  employ'd  my  tongue^ 
The  Lord'  had  fhewn  me  no  regard, 
Nor  I  his  praifes  fung. 
e  But  God  (his  name  be  ever  bleft) 
Has  fet  my  fpirit  free; 
Nor  turn'd  from  bim  my  poor requeflj 
Nor  turn'd  his  heart  from  me. 
N 


3f-  P    5    A    L    U    LXVUU 

PSALM    LXVH. 
Thenation't  profperity,  and  che  churches  i*crea&, 
I  Q  H1NE,  mighty  God,  on  all  the  land, 
O  With  beams  or'  heav'my  grace  j 
Reveal  thy  pow'r  thro;  alj  oui    coalts, 
And  ihew  tny  fmiling  face. 
£2  Amidft  our  States  exalted  high, 
Do  thou  out  giory    itand. 
And  like  a  wall  of  guard  an  fire, 
Surround  the  fav'rite  iand.J 
3  When    fhall  thy  nam;,  from  more  to  fhoie> 
Sound  all  the  earth  abroad  j 
And  diftant  nations  know  and  love  ^ 

Their  Sav'ourand  thei;  God  ? 
fy  Sing   to  the  Lord,  ye  refcu'd  States, 
Sing  loud  with\olemn  voice  ; 
While  thankful  tongues  exalt  his  praife. 
And    grateful  hearts  rejoice. 
5-  He,  the  great  Lord,  the  fovVeign  Judgc> 
Who  fics  enthron'd  above, 
Wifely  commands  the  worlds  he  made, 
In  juftice  and  in  love. 

6  Earth  mail  obey  her  Maker's  will 

And  yeild  a  full  increafe  : 
Our  God  wiJl  crown  this  chofen  clime> 
With  fruitfulnefs  and  peace. 

7  God,  the  Redeemer,  fcatters  round 

His  choiceft  favours  here, 
While   the  creation's  utmoft  bound 
Shall  fee,  adore,  and  fear-* 

PSALM    LXVIII.     Firft  Part> 

The  vengeance  and  companion  of  Go4» 

*  /TOD  will  arife  in  all  bis  might, 

V_X'  And  put  the  troops  of  heJl  to  flight, 

As   fmoke  which  fought  to  cloud  the  ikies, 

Before  the  riling  tempeft  flies 
\z  He  comes  array'd  in  burning  flames  5 

Juftice  and  vengeance  are  his  names  i 

Behold  his  faintingToes  expire 

Like  melting  wax  before  the  fire.] 
3  He  rides  and  thunders  thro1  the  fky  %. 

His  name  Jehovah  founds  on  high  ! 

Sing  to  his  name,  ye  fons  of  grace  ; 

Ye  faints,  rejoice  before  his  facet 
4.  The  widow  and  the  fatherlels 

&IY  tft  bJsaid  U  fliarp  di%efc  * ' 


"P    9    A    Z    M    LXVHI; 

%   ^n  him  the  poor  and  helplefs  find 

A  Judge  moft  juft,  a  Facherkind. 
5  He  breaks  the  captive's  heavy  chai^  "^ 

And  pris'ners  fee  the  light  again  j 

Bat  rebels  who  difpute  his  will 

Shall  dwell  in  chains  and  darknefs  ftiiL 

P    A    U    S    B. 

€  Kingdoms  and  thrones  to  God  belong  ? 

Crown  him,  ye  nations,  in  your  long  J 

His  wond'rous  name  and  pow'rs  rehearfe  5 

His  honors  fhall  enrich  your  verfe. 
f  He  makes  the  heavns  with  loud  alarms  | 

How  terrible  is  God   in  arms  i 

In  Ifrvel  are  his  mercies  know 

Ifr'el  is  his  pecul'ar  throne. 

3  Proclaim  him  King,  pronounce  hraibleftj 
He's  your  Defence,  your  Joy,  your  Reft  j 
When  terrors  rile,  and  nations  faint, 
©od  is  the  ftrength  of  ev'ry  faint. 

PSALM        LXVIII.     Second   Part;, 
Chrift's  afcention,  and  the  gift  of  the  Spirit*. 

■3   T    ORD,  when  thou  didft  afcend  on  high, 
I  j  Ten  thoufand  angels  fiil'a  the  iky  : 
Thofe  heav'nty  guards  around  thee  wait, 
Like  char'ots  to  attend  thy  ftate. 

g,  Not  Sin-i's  mountain  could  appear 

Moreglor'ous,  whe^  the  Lord  was  there  ? 
While  he  pronounc'd  his  dreadful   law, 
And  (truck  the  chofen  .ribes  with  awe. 

g  How  bright  the  triumphs  none  can  tell, 
"  When  the  rebell'ous  pow'rs  of  hell, 
Which  thoufand  fouls  had  captive  made, 
Were  all  in  chains  like  captives  led  '. 

4  P^ais'd  by  his  Father  to   the  throne, 
He  lent  che  promis'd  Spirit  down 
With  gifts  and  grace  for  rebel  men, 
That  God  might  dwell  on  earth  again. 

PSALM    LXVIII.     Third  Part, 

Praife  for  temporal  bleflings  ;  or,  Common  arsd 

fpiritual  mercies. 


*W] 


'.  blefs  the  Lord,  the  juft,  and  good. 
Who  61is  our  hearts  with  joy  aid  f©o4# 


£$  PSALM      LXIX. 

Who  pours  his  bicffings  from  the  fkies, 
And  loads  our  days  with  rich  fuppiies. 
S  He  lends  the  fun  his  circuit  round 

To  chear  the  fruit  to  warm  the  ground; 
He  bias  the  cJouds  with  plent'ous  rain 
Reh-eih  the  thirfty  earth  again. 

3  "lis  to  his  care  we  owe  our  breath, 
And    11  our  near  efcanes  ficm  death  j 
Sifety  and  health  to  God  belong 

He  heals  the  weak  and  guards  the  flrrong, 

4  He  makes  the  faint  and  finner  prove 
The  common  bleflings  of  his  love  j 
But  the  wide  difFVnce  which  remains, 
Is  endlefsjoy,  or  endJefs  piins. 

5  The  Lord,  who  bruis'd  the  ferpent's  head, 
On  all  the  ferpent's  feed  fhall  tread  ; 

The  ftubborn    finner's  hope  confound, 
And  fmitehim  with  a  lafting  wound. 

6  But  his  right  hand  his  faints  fhall  raife 
From  the  deep  earth,  or  deeper  feas, 
And    bring  them  to  his  courts  above  j 
There'  ill  all  they  tafte  his  fpecial  iove. 

PSALM    LXIX.     Firft  Part.     Common  Metre. 

The  fuffering  of  Chrift  for  our  falvation. 

X  «   QAVE.  me,  O  God,  the  fwelling  floods 
^3     "  Break  in  upon  my  foul  ! 
"  I  fing  in  forrows  o'er  my  head 
"  Like  mighty  waters  roll. 
2   "  I  cry  'till  all  my  voice  begone, 
u  In  tears  1  walle  the  day  ? 
(:  My  God,  behold  my  longing  eyes  \ 
"  And  ihorten  thy  delay, 
4  "  They  hcterny  foul  without  a  caufe, 
u  And  "(lill  their  number  grows 
"  More  than  the  hairs  about  my  head, 
"  And  mighty  are  my  foes. 
(j.  (C  'Twasthen  1  paid  that  dreadful  debt 
"  Which  men  could  never  pay, 
"  And  gave  thofe  honors  to  thy  law, 
"  Which  finners  took  away." 
5  Thus  in  the  great  Mefllah's  name, 
The  rcyal  prophet  mourns; 
Thus  he  awakes  our  hearts  to  grief, 
And  gives  us  joy  by  turns. 
£  **  Now  ihall  the  faints  rejoice  and  find 
ic  Saivatioii  in  thy  name, 


PSALM      LXIX. 

**  For  I  have  borne  their  heavy  ]oad 
"   Of  farrow,  pain  and  Qiame. 
7  te  Grief  like  a  garment  cloath'd  me  round, 
"  And  lackclorh  was  ray  drefs, 
*'  While  I  procur'd  for  naked- foals 
"  A  robe  of  right'oufnefs. 
S  "  Amonft  thy  brethren  and  the  jews 
"  1  like  a  ftranger  Stood, 
"  And  bore  their  vile  reproach,  to  bring 
"  The  Gentiles  near  to  God. 
S   "  I  came  in  finful  mortars  ftead 
"  To  do  my  Father's  will  ; 
"  Yet,  when'l  cleans'd  my  Father's  ho ufe, 
"  They  fcandaliz'd  my  zeal. 
10  "  My  fafting  and  my  holy  greans 
"  Were  made  the  drunkard's  fong, 
"  But  God,  from  his  ceieflr'al  throne 
"  Heard  my  complaining  tongue. 

2  1  "  He  fav'd  me  from  the  dreadful  deep, 

"  Nor  let  my  foul  be  drown'd  5 
"  He  rais'd  and  hVd  my  linking  feet 
"  On  well  eftablim'd  ground. 
12  *{  Twas  in  a  moft  accepted  hour 

"  My  pray'r  arofe  on  high, 
f«  And  for  my  fake  my  Gocf  mall  hear 
ie  The  dying  finner's  cry." 

PSALM     LXIX.        Second  Part. 
The  pafiion  and  exaltationof  Chrift, 
I  1\T^T,V  *et  our  lips,  with  holy  fear 
l\i       And  mournful  pleafure,  fing 
The  fuff'rings  of  our  great  High-prieft, 
The  forrows  of  our  King, 
s  He  links  in  floods  of  deep  diilrefs  ! 
How  high  the  waters  rife  ! 
While  to  his  heav'nly  Father's  ear 
He  fends  perpet'al  cries. 

3  "  Hear  me,  O  Lord  !   and  fave  thy  Son, 

"  Nor  hide  thy  mining  face  ; 
41  Why  fhouJd  thy  FaV rite  look  like  one 
"  Forfaken  of  thy  grace  ? 

4  "  With  rage   they  perfecute  the  Man 

"  Who  groans  beneath  thy  wound, 
(t  While,  for  afacrince,  I  pour 
"  My  life  upon  the  ground. 
^  '*  They  tread  my  honor  to  the  dulr, 
'*  And  laugh  when  1  complain  ; 
"  Their  fharp  infuiting  flanders  add 
"  Freih  anguiih  Co  my  pain. 
£  "    All  my  reproach  is  known  to  thee9 
(i  The  fcandai  arid  the  ihame  ; 


roo  PSALM    LXIX. 

"  Reproach  has  broke  my  bleeding  heart, 
*'  And  iies  deiilemy  nam:. 
7  "  I  look'd  for  pity,  but  in  vain; 
"  Myk'mdred  are  my  grief; 
'  *'  I  afk  my  friends  for  comfort  round, 
"  But  meet  with  no  relief. 
"  With  vinegar  they  mock  my  thirft, 

fl  They  give  me  gall  for  food  ; 
**  And  fpoiting  witli  my  dying  groans* 
"  They  triumph  in  my  blood. 
§  <c  Shine  into  my  diftrefled  foul, 
"  Let  tbv  companion  fave  ; 
'*  And  though  my  fleih  fink  down  to  death, 
"  Redeem  it  from  the  grave. 
JO  "  I  mall  arife  to  praife  thy  name, 
"  Shall  reign  in  worlds  unknown, 
*'  And  thy  falvation,  O  My  God!    _ 
ft  Shall  feat  me  on  thy  throne. 

PSALM    LXIX.     Third  Part* 

©hrift's  obedient:  and  death  ;  or,  God  glorified  and  fianera 

faved. 

j  T7VVTHER,  I  fing  thywond'rous  grace, 
JT       I  bids  my  Sav'our's  name; 
He  brought  falvation  forthe  poor, 
And  bore  the  finner's  fhame. 
C  His  deep  diftrefs  has  rais'd  us  high  } 
His  duty  and  his  zeal 
FulnTd  the  law  which  Mofes  brokev 
And  finifn'd  all  thy  will. 
3  His  dying  groans,  his  living  fong» 
Shall  better  pleafe  my  God, 
Then  harp  or  trumpet's  folemn  foundV 
The  goat's  or  bullock's  blood. 
4.  This  Ihall  his  humble  foll'wers  fee, 
And  fet  their  hearts  at  reft  ; 
They  by  his  death  draw  near  to  thee, 
And  live  for  ever  bleft. 
5  Letheav'n,  and  all  who  ^jvell  on  high* 
To  God  their  voices  raife, 
While  lands  and  feas  afliftthe  Iky, 
And  join  t'  advance  his  praife. 
£  Sion  is  thine,  moft  holy  Ged, 
Thy  Son  mall  blefs  her  gates  ; 
And  glory,  purchas'd  by  his  bUQK$ 
Far  thine  ©wn  Ifr'el  waits. 


P    9    A    L    M      LXIX.  iOS 

f>  S  A  L  M    LXIX.    Firft  Part.    Long  Metre, 
Chrift's  pafiuon-and  finner'«  fellatios* 

1  TXEEP  in  our  hearts  let  us  record 
\^J      The  deeper  iorrows  of  our  Lord  i 
Behold  the  rifing  billows  roil 
To  ove. whelm  his  right'ous  foul  ) 

-A  In  long  complaints  he  fpends  his  breathy 
While  hofts  or  heil,  andpow'rsof  death, 
And  all  the  fons  <jf  malice  join 
To  execute  their  curft  defign. 

3  Yet,  gracious  God^  thy  pow'r  and  love 
Have  made  the  curie  a  bleffing  prove  : 
Thofe^  dreadful  furPrings  of  thy  Son 
Atton'd  for  fins  which  we  have  done. 

4  The  pangs  of  our  expiring  Lord, 
The  honor  of  thy  law  reftor'd  : 

His  forrows  made  thy  juftice  known, 
And  paid  for  follies,  not  his  own. 

5  O,  for  his  fake,  our  guilt  forgive, 
And  let  the  mourning  linner  live  ! 

*  The  Lord  will  hear  us  in  his  name, 
Nor  fhall  our  hope  be  turn'd  to  iharne. 

PSALM    LXIX.     Second  Part.  Losg  Melri. 

Chrift's  fufferings  and  zeal. 

I  ''"TnWASfor  thy  fake,  eternal  God, 

X        Thy  Son  fuftain'd  that  heavy  loa4 

Of  bafe  reproach,  and  fore  difgrace, 

And  ihame  defil'd  his  facred  face, 
a  The  Jews  his  brethren  and  his  kin, 

Abus'd  the  manwhocheck'd  their  fin  j 

While  he  fuifiTd  thy  holy  laws, 

They  hate  him,  but  without  a  caufe. 
{3  My  Father's  houfe,  (faid  he)  was  made 

A  place  for  worfhip,  not  for  trade  : 

Then  featuring  all  their  gold  and  brafs, 

He  fcourg'd  the  merchants  from  the  pla.ee.  J 
^4  Zeal  for  the  temples  of  his  God 

Confum'd  his  life,  expos'd  his  blood  : 

Reproaches  at  thy  glory  thrown, 

He  felt,  and  mourn'd  them  as  his  own.j 
5  His  friends  forfook,  his  foll'wers  fled, 
'  While  fo«s  and  ajjpas  i.\»rrooad  his,  head  j 


I©s  PSALM       LXXI. 

They  curfe  him  with  a  fland'rous  tongue. 
The  Juc^e  unjuft  maintains  the  wrong. 

6  His  lire  they  load  with  heavy  lies, 
And  charge  his  lips  with  biaiphemiesj 
T.  hey  nanjiim  co  the  ihamefui  tree  j 
There  hung  the  man  who  di  '  d  for  me. 

[7  "Wrethces,  with  hearts  as  hard  as  flones, 
Iniult  his  piety  and  groans  ; 
Gail  was  the  food  they  gave  him  there, 
Anci  mock1  dhis  thirft  with  vinegar.] 

8  Put  God  beheld,  and  from  his  throne 
Marks  out  the  ihen  who  hate  his  Son: 
The  man  who  rais'd  him  from  the  dead, 
Shall  pour  the  vengeance  on  their  head. 

PSALM    LXXI.     Firft   Part, 

The  aged  faint's  reflection  and  hope, 

1  ifc    /TYGod,  my  evcrlafting  hope, 
J.VJL    I  live  upon  thy  truth  : 

1  hine  hands  have  held  my  childhood  up, 
And  ftrengthen'd  all  my  youth. 

2  My  flefliwasfafhion'd  by  thy  pow'r, 

With  al!  thefe  limbs  of  mine  ; 
And,  from  my  mother's  painful  hour, 
I've  been  entirely  thine. 

3  Still  has  my  life  new  wonders  feen 

Repeated  ev'ry  year ; 
Eeho!d.  my  days  which  yet  remain, 
I  trurr.  them   to  thy  care. 
a  Caft  me  not  off  when  flrength  declines, 
When  hoary  hairs  arile. 
And  round  me  let  thy  glory  fhine, 
When  e'er  thy  fervant  dies. 
e  Then  in  the  hi'ft'ry  of  my  age, 
V/hen  men  reviewmy  days, 
They'll  read  thy  Jovein  ev'ry  page, 
In  cv'ry  line,"  thy  praife. 

PSALM    LXXI.     Second  Part 
Chrift  our  flrength  and    righteoufnefs. 

i  "%  f¥Y  Savour  my  almighty  Friend, 
IVI   When  I  begin  thy  praife, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end, 
The  numbers  of  thy   grace  ? 
3  Thou  art  my  everlafting  truft, 
Thy  goodnefs  I  adore  ; 
And  hnce  I  knew  thy  graces  Srftj 
1  ("peak  thy  glories  mere. 


PSALM      LXXL  l°Z 

I  3  My  feet  mall  travel  all  the  length 

Of  >he  celeil'al  road, 
i     Aa  i  march  with  courage  in  thy  ftrength, 

To  lee  my  Father,  God. 

4  When  I  am  fiii'd  with  fore  diftrefs 

For  tome  iurprifing  fin, 
I'll  plead  thy  perfect  righteoufnefs. 
And  mention  none  but  thine. 

5  How  will  mv  lips  rejoice  toteJl 

The  victories  of  my  King  ! 
My  ibul,  redeem'd  from  fin  and  hell, 

Shall  thy  lalvadon  fing. 
[6  My  tongue  fhail  ah  the  day  proclaim 

My  Sav'ourand  my  God  3 
His  death  has  broughemy  foes  to  fhame, 

And  drown'd  them  in  his  biood. 
j  Awake,  awake,  my  tuneful  pow'rs  t 

With  this  delightful  long   - 
I'll  entertain  thedarkevt  hours, 

Nor  think  the  leafon  long. 

PSALM      LXXI.    Third   Part. 
The  aged  Chriftian's  prayer  and  fong;  or,  Old  age,  deatkj 
and  therefurreclion. 

I   ■/"">!  OD  of  my  childhood  and  my  youth, 
VjT     Thou  guide  of~~?.ll  my  days, 
I  have  declar'd  thy  heav'nly  truth, 
And  told  thy  wond'rous  ways, 
a  Wilt  thou  forfake  my  hoary  hairs, 
And  leave  my  fainting  heart  ? 
Wl  0  fhall  fulta'm  my  finking  years, 
If  God  my  ftrength  depart  ? 

3  Let  me  thy  pow'r  and  truth  proclaim 

Tfo  the  furvivingage, 
And  leave  a  favour  of  thy  name 
When  I  lha!l  quit  the  ftage. 

4  The  land  of  filenc°  and  of  death 

Attends  my  next  remove  ; 
O  may  thefe  ooor  remains  of  breath  ! 
Teach  the  wide  world  thy  love  ! 

P    A    U    S    E. 

5  Thv  right'oufnefs  is  deep  and  high, 

Unfearchable  thy  deeds  5 
Thy  glory  fpreads  beyond  the  iky, 
And  all  thy  praife  exceeds. 
9 


jgj  PSALM      LXjfrT. 

6  Off  have  I  heard  thy  threat'nings  ro^r, 

And  oft  endur'd  the  grief  j 
But  when  thy  hanJ  has  prefs'd  me  fore 
Thy  grace  was  my  relief'. 

7  By  1  >ng  exper'enceh'ave  I  Jcnown 

Thy  fov'reign  -pow'r  to  £a'2  ; 
At  thy  command  I  venture  down 
Securely  to  che  grave. 

8  When  I  li;  bury'd  deep  in  luft, 

Mv  flefli  mall  be  thy  care  ; 
Thefe  withYmg  limbs  with  chee  I  truft, 
To  raife  them  ftrong  and  fair. 

PSALM    LXXII.     Firft    Parfr 

The  kingdom  of  Chrift. 

Sf'/""M  "'IE  AT  God,  whofe  univerfal  fway. 

VJT   f  he  known  and  unknown  world!  obey, 

Now  give  che  kingdom  to  thy  fen  $ 

Extend  his  pow'r,  exalt  his  throne, 
a  Thy  fcepter  well  becomes  his  hanis,^ 

All  heav'n  fu brats  to  his  commands? 

Jiisjuftice  mall  avenge  the  poor, 

And  pride  and  rage  or«vail  no  more* 
3  With  pow'r  he'l!  -vindicate  the  juft, 

And  tread  oppreiTors  in  the  duft  : 
-    His  worfhip  and  his  fear  mail  latt  . 

'Till  hours,  and  year*,  and  time  be  park 
■/  As  rain  on  meadows  newly  mown, 

Soihall  he  fend  his  infl'ence  down  : 

His  grace  on  fainting  fouls  diftills 

Like  neav'nly  dew  on  thirfty  hills. 
£  The  Heathen  lands  which  lie  beneath. 

The  fhaies  of  over-fpreading  death, 

Revive  at  hisfirft  dawning  light, 

And  defarts  blolTom  at  the  fight. 
6*The  faints  mall  flourifh  in  his  days., 

Dre<t  in  the  robes  of  joy  and  praile  t 

Peace,  like  a  river,  from  his  throne 

Shall  rie-w  to  nations  yet  unknown, 

PSALM    lxxii.     Second  Pari,. 

Chnft's  kingdom  among  the  Gentile?. 
-  '  TESUS  fhall  reign  where -e  r  the  Sun 
*    J^    Does  his  fu«seflive  jswrnes  rW  J 


.£    S    A    L    M    LXXUI.  gg| 

|||Is  kingdom  itretch  from  fhore  to  more, 

"T  ill  moons  ihall  was  and  wane  no  more. 
£2  Behold  the  iflands  with  their  kin^s, 

And  Europe  her  "eft  tribute  brings  : 

From  North  to  South  the  princes  mee£ 

To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet, 
J  There  Perlia,  glor'qns  to  behold. 

There  India  fnines  in  Eaftern  gold  5 

And  barb'rous  nations,  at  his  word, 

Submit  and  bow,  to  their  own  Lord,] 
4.  Fort|is  ftalJ  endlefs  pray'i  be  made, 

And  praffes  throng  to  crown  his  head  ; 

H;s  name,  like  fweet  perfume,  ihall  ri|e 

With  ev'ry  morning  lacrifice.    . 
S  People  and  r  alms  of  ev'ry  tongue 
-  Dwell  on  his  love  with  fweeteft  long  5 

-And 'infant  voices  ^hai.  proclaim 

Their  early  blenings  on  his  name. 
€  Blefiings  abound  where-e'er  he  reignsa 

The  'Pris'nor  ieaps  to  loofe  his  chains''-'- 

The  wc  ary  find  eternal  reft, 

And  all  the  Ions  of  want  are  bleft. 
[7  Where  he  diiplays  his  healing  pow'r, 

•De^th  and  the  curfe  aie  known  no  morev| 

In  him  the  cribei'  of  Adam  boaft 

More  bleflings  than  their  father  loft, 
8  L-et  ev'ry  creature  rife  and  bring 

Peculiar  hono;3  to  our  King  j 

Angels  defcendwith  fongs  again, 

And  earth  repeat  the  long  Amen."] 

PSALM    Ixxlii.    Firft  Part.    Common  Mettf , 
Abided  faints  happy,  and  profperous  finrfers  cari"^ 

1  TVJ  OW  I'm  convinc'd  the  Lord  is  kind 
JL\|       To  men  of  heart  fincere, 

Yet  once  my  rcolifh  heart  repin'd 
And  border  d  on  defpair. 

2  I  griev'd  to  fee  the  wfeked  thrive, 

And  fpoke  with  angry  breath, 
*'  How  pieafant  and  profane  tneylive  \ 
"  how  peaceful  istheSr  death  • 

3  lc  With  well-fed  fleih,  and  haughty  ey§3 

"  They  lay  their  fears  to  fieep  j 
"  Agalnp  the  heav'ns  their  flanderrifg- 
{;  while  faints  in  filence  weep. 
-£  c(  In  vain  i  lift  my  haidsio  pray, 
if  And  cisa^fe  rr»y  h*ait  i^  *aj|£ 


io6  PSALM       LXXIII. 

iC  For  lam  cha'ten'd  a!)  che  day, 
"  The  night  renews  my  pain." 

5  Yet  while  my  tongue  induig'd  complaints, 

i  f'eit  my  heart  ieprove  : 
"  Sure  I  mail  thus  offend  thy  faints, 
"  And  grieve  the  men  1  love.. 

6  But  frill  I  found  my  doubts  too  hard, 

The  ccnflici  too  Tevere  $ 
'Till  x  recired  to  feareh  thy  wor^l, 
And  learn  the  lecret  there. 

7  There,  as  in  forne  prophetic  glafs,    ^ 

J  iaw  the  finnefs  feet 
High  mounted  on  a  flippery  place, 

Above  a  fi'ry  pit. 
g   I  heard  the  wretch  profanely  boaft, 

Till,  at  thy  frown,  he  feu  : 
His  honors  in  a  dream  were  loft, 

And  he  awoke  in  hell. 
■     Lord,  what  an  envious  foci  I  was  ! 

H"w  iike  a  though.leis  bca.lt  ! 
Thus  to  iufpeel  thy  promis'd  gr«ce, 

And  think  the  wicked  bieft. 
-jo  Yet  1  was  kept  from  full  difpair, 

Upheld  by  pow'r  unknown  : 
That  bJeffed  hand  which  broke  the  fnare, 

Lftah  guide  me  to  thy  throne. 


PSALM    LXXTU.     Second  Part. 

God  our  portion  here  and  hereafter. 

-5    /"""^  OD,  my  fuppoKer  and  my  hope, 
VJT   My  help  i'oi ever  near, 
ri  nine  arm  o   inercv  heid  me  up 
When  (inking  in  cei.  air. 
f.  Thy  cour.feis.  Lo.cu  ihau  guide  my  feet 
Through  th;s   dirk  wiiderneis  ! 
Thine  hand  conduit  me  near  thy  feat, 
To  dwell  before  thy  face. 

3  Were  I  in  heavhi  without  my  God, 

'Twould  be  no  joy   tome  , 
Andwhilft  this  e^rih  is  my  abode, 
I  long  f  r  none  but  thee. 

4  What  if  the   fVr'ngs  of  life  were  broke, 

And  flcfh  and  heart  mould  faint  ? 
Cod  is  my  fouiseternal  Rdck, 
The  fu'en&th  of  ev'ry  fain;. 


PSALM      LXXIII.  4*7 

5  Behold  the  finners  who  remove 
Far  from  thy  presence,  die  j 
Not  all  theido.  gods  they  love, 
Can  lave  them  when  they  cry; 
£  But  ro  draw  near  to  thee  my  God  : 
Shall  be  my  fweet employ  ; 
My  tonguevfiiaIl  found  thy  works  abroad, 
And  cell  the  world  my  joy. 

PSALM      Jxxiii.     Long  Metre, 

The  profperity  of  finners  curfed. 

1  T    ORD  .what  a  thoughtlefs  wretch  was  I, 
_L/  To  mourn,  and  murmur,  and  repine, 
To  fee  the  wicked,  placM  on  high, 

In  pride  and  robes  of  honor  mine  ! 

2  But  O  their  end.,  their  dread-ful  end  I    .. 
Thy  fancTruary  taught  me  fo  : 

On  flipp'ry  rocks  I  lee  them  rtarid3 
And  ii'rv  billows  roll  below  ! 

3  Now  let  them  boafr.  how  tail  they  rife, 
I'll  never  envy  them  again  : 

There  they  ma.   liana  with  haughty  eyes, 
'Till  they  plunge  deep  la  endiefs  pain. 

4  Their  fancy 'd  joys,  how  faft  they  flee  ! 
Juft  like  a  dream  when  man  awakes  I 
Their  fongs  of  fofteft   harmony 

Are  but  a  preface  to  their  plagues. 

5  Nowl  efteem  their  mirth  and  wine 
Too  dear  to  purchafewith  my  blood: 
Lord,  'tis  enough  thatthoa  art  mine, 
My  life,  my  portion,  and  my   God  I 

PSALM     Jxxiii.      Short  Metre, 

The  my  fiery  of  providence  unfolded. 

*  CURE  there's  a  righteous  God, 
\3     Nor  is  religion  vain  j 
Though  men  of  vice  may  boaft  aloud, 

And  men  of  grace  complain.  „  / 

S  I  faw-the  wicked  rife, 

And  felt  my  heart  repine,  .. 

While  haughty  fools,  withfcornfuleyes 
In  robes  of  honor  ihine. 
[3  Pamper'd  with  wanton  eafe 
Their  j&efh  looks  full  and  fair: 


lot  PSALM      LXX7%, 

Their  wealth  rolls  in  i  jcs  fl  wsn^  4ea», 

And  grows  without   fa    .  cut  . 
£  Free  from  the  pia^u  ^nu  pains 

Which  pious  iouib  endue, 
Through  all  their  rife  oppr  em  on  re'gnfr, 

And  racks  Vac  iiu    .Die  pooi. 
«  Their  impioui  tongue  bial,dieme 

The  everlaiting  God  . 
Their  malice  biaftsxne^oQd  man's  nara^y 

And'ipreads  its  lies  abroad. 

6  But  I,  with  fl  >wing  te  rs, 

Indulged  my  doubts  to  rile: 

t(  Is  there  a  God  who  tees  or  heats 

The  things  beiow  the  ikies  ?] 

7  The  tumults  or  rn;  thoughts 

Held  me  in  great  luipeme, 
Till  to  thy  hauie'my  teet  w  re  brough) 
Tolearnthyjuit.ee   thence. 

8  Thy  word  with  c-htana  pow'r 

Did  my  mistake ;  attend  j 
I  view'd  the  Tinner's  Ji.e  Deiore^ 
But  her"  i  learn  cheir  end,    - 
§  On  what  a  flipper}  fteep 

The  thoughtless  wretches  gol 
And  O  that  dreadful  fi  rj   deef( 
Which  wait*  then;  fall  be<ow» 
■jo  Lord,  at  thy  feet  1  bow  3 

My  thoughts.no  more  repine  j 

I  call  my  God  my  poition  now, 

And  all  my  powers  are  thine. 

PSALM    fori* 


The  church  pleading  with  God  under  fevcre  perftcu 

2  II  T  ILL  God  forever  caft  us  off  ! 

V  V       Kio  wrath  forever  lmoke 
Againft  th    people  of  his  love, 
His  little  c  hoi  en  flock. 
S    Think  of  the  tribes  lo  dead}  bought 
Vv  ith  their  Redeemer's  feiood  , 
Nor  let  thy  Sion  be  orgo  , 
Where  once  thy  glory  itood. 

3  Lift  up  thy  feet,  and  march  in  haft^ 

Alou  d  our  ruin  calls  , 
See  what  a  wide  ana  fearful  wa^p 

2$  giais  withia  cfey"  wa&i  \ 


PSALM    LXXIt?.  !N| 


t 


Whsre  oace  thy  churches  pray'd  and  fa  ig 
:.    lhyfoes  p  ofaneiy  roar  , 
Gver  thy  gate  their  eniigns  hang, 
Sad  tokens  of  trie. r.pow'r. 
4  How  are  theieats  of  worihip  broke! 
They  teafvchy  buildings  down,    _    . . 
And  he  who  deals  the  heayieft ferokfi 
Procures  the  chief  renown. 
t  With  flames  chey  threaten  to  deftroy5 
Thy  children  in  then  ne£  , 
Corn 3,  let  us  burn  at  ante  (ch?y  cry) 
The  temple  and  the  pfie.h 
7  And  ftiH  to  heighten  ei  rdiltrefe^ 
Thv  preienc°is  withdrawn  ; 
Thy  wonted  figns  of  p-.w'r  .nd  graee/ 
a      Thy  pow'r  and  grace  are  gone. 
$  No  prophet  fpeaks  to  calm  <  ur  woes3 
But  all  the  leers  mourn  ; 
"Thee  s  notaloui    atpng  us  knows 
Ihetiiseel  thy  return. 


P    A     U     S     I. 

^  Movf  long,  eternal  G od, ,  how  longer 
Shall  men  of  pride  blalpheme  ? 
•Shaii  faints  oe  m^de  their  en  ileis  long? 
And  bear  immortal  lhame  ? 
*fe  Canft  thou  forever  fitand  hear 
l'h:ne  holy  name    profaned? 
And   frill  thy  jea  oufy  to  bear. 
And  fliili  with-hpk  thine  hand  ? 
ph  What  ftrange  deliverance  haft  thou  /hewn 
In  ages  long  before  ? 
And  now  no  o:her  Goci  weownjj 
No  other  God  adore. 
pi    Thou  didft  divide  the  raging  fe2, 
By  thv  reMlefs  might, 
To  make  thy  tribes   a  wonderous  way, 
And  then  fecure  their  flight. 
J$%  Is  not  the  w.jrld  of  nature  thins  ? 
Thedaiknefs  and  the  day  ? 
©id ft  not  thou  bid  the  morning  aiinej 
And  mark  the  fun  .lis  way? 
34.  Hath  not  thy  power  fornxd  ev'ry  coaf% 
And  let  the  earth  if  s  bounds, 
With  iumm;r'oheat  and  vinterVfroit, 
>"B  then  jerpetBair©»nds  £ 


**•  PSALM    LXXV/ 

15  And  mall  the  fons  of  earth  and  duft 
That  facred  pow'r  blafpheme? 
WiJ]  not  thy  hand  which  Forrn'd'  them  firft, 
Avenge  thy  injur' d  name? 
*5  Think  on  the  covenant  thou  haft  made, 
And  ail  thy  words  or  iove  j 
No'rletthe  tirdsof  prey  invade, 
And  vex  thy  mourning  dove. 
17  Our  foes  would  triumph  in  our  blood, 
And  make  our  foes  their  ieit  • 
Plead  thine  own  caufe,  almighty  God, 
And  give  thy  children  reft.  ' 

PSALM    Ixxv. 

Power  and  Government  from  God  alone. 

Applied  to  the  glorious  Revolution  in  America. 
July  4th  1776. 

3  HPO  thee,  moft  holy,  and  moft  high, 

A       To  thee  we  bring  our  thankful  pjaife  ; 
^ihy  works  declare  thy  hand  is  nigh, 
Thy  works  of  wonder  and  of  grace. 

2  AMERICA  was  doom'd  a  flave, 

Her  frame  difTolv'd,  herfears  were  great  * 
When  God  a  righteous  council  gave, 
To  bear  the  pillars  of  the  Irate. 

3  They  from  thy  power  receiv'e  'heir  own 
And   fwearto  rule  by  wholefome  laws  : 
Thy  foot  fhall  tread  oppreiTors down, 
Thy  arm  defend  the  righteous  can  fe! 

4  Let  haughtv  fmners  fink  their  pride, 
Nor  lift  10  high  thefr  icornful  head  : 
But  lay  their  fenliih  thoughts  afide, 
And  own  the  pow'rs  which  God  has  made. 

5  Such  honors  never  come  by  chance. 
Nor  do  the  winds  promotion  blow  -  * 
"lis  God  the  Judge  doth  one  advance: 
'Tis  God  who  Jays  another  low. 

6  No  vain  pretence  to  royal  birth 
Shall  chain  us  to  a  tyrants  throne  ; 
God  the  great  fovereign  of  the  eaxthv 
Shall  crufh  ufurpers  with  his  frown. 

\j  Hishand   holds  out  the  dreadful  cup 
Of  vengeance  mix'd  with  various  plagues 
And  mikes  the  wicked  drink  them  up 
"Wring  out,  and  taile  the  bitter  dregs 


PSALM     LXXYL  xu 

5  Now  ill  all  the  Lord  exalt  thej^uft, 

And  while  he  tramples  oirthe  proud, 
.  And  lays  their  glory  in  the  daft, 
Our  lips  ihall  ling  his  praife  aloud*  J 

PSAL  M     lxxvu 

Ifrael  fared,  and  the  Afiyrians  deftroyed  ;  or,  GotPG 
Vengeance  againft  his  enemies  proceeds  from 
his  Church. 

1  TN  Judah  God  of  old  was  known  5 
J.     His  name  in  Ifr'el  great  $ 
In. Salem  flood  his  holy  throne, 
And  bion  was  his  feat. 
S  Among  the  praifes  of  his  faints^ 
,  His  dwelling  there  he  chofe  ; 
"^herehe  receiv'd  their  juft  complaints^ 
Againft  their  haughty  foes. 

3  From  Sion  went  his  dreadful  word 

And  broke  the  threat'nihg  ipear, 
The  bow,  the  arrows  and  the  Tword, 
And  cruih'd  th'  Alfyrian  war. 

4  What  are  the  earth's  wide  kingdom  a  elfe 

But  mighcy  hills  of  prey  ? 
The  hill  on  which  Jehovah  dwells 
Is  glorious  more  than  they. 

5  'Twas  Sion's  King  whollop'd  the  breath 

Of  Captains  and  their  bands  : 
The  men  of  might  flept  fail  in  death, 
And  never  found  their  hands. 

6  At  thy  rebuke,  O  Jacob's  God, 

Both.-  hone  and  "char'ot  feil  : 

"Who  knows  the  terrors  of  thy  rod  ? 

Thy  vengeance  who  can  teil  ? 

7  What  pow'r  caniland  before  thy  fight 

When  once  thy  wrath  appears  ?  ; 

Then  heav'n  lhiiies  round  with  dreadful  light) 
While  earth  lies  ftill  and  fears. 
§  When  God  in  his  own  fov'reign  ways 
Comes  down  to  fave  th'  oppreft, 
The  wrath  of  Man  ihall  work  his  praife. 
And  he'll  reftrain  the  reft. 
£3  Vow  to  the  Lord,  and  tribute  bring, 
Ye  princes,  fear  his  frown  : 
His  terror  makes  tire  proudeft  king, 
And  cuts  an  army  down. 
15  the  thunder  of  his  fharp  rebuke 
'     Our  haughty  foes  ihall  feel  j 
P 


H*  *    §    A    L    M      LXXVIft' 

For  Jacob's  God  hath  not  forfook, 
But  dwells  in  Sion  ftill.j 

PSALM    lxxvil.    Firft   F'  f. 
Melancholy  affauit'.ng,  and  hops  prevailing 

TO  God  I  c. ;'d  with  mournful  voice-, 
I  fought  hi  s  gracious  e^ 
In  the  far*  d.iy,  when  troubles  rofe, 
And  rill  'dt.ie  right  with  fear. 
fe  Sad  were  my  days,  rid  dark  my  nighty. 
My  foul  refus'd  relief  j 
I  thoaght  on  God,  the  jefr  and  wue>- 
But  thoughts  i-eieas'd  n.y  *i':et\ 

3  Still  1  complai.n'd,  nnd  ftiil  opp;   il, 

My  h.^art  began  to  break. 
My  GoC;  thy  wrath  forbade  my  i    It 
And  kept rrine  eyes  awake  ! 

4  My  cverwhe'ming  forrows  grew?  ' 

tTill  I  could  fpeak  no  more  ; 
Thenlwfrbin  unrfz' f  withdrew,. 
AndcrTd  thy  judgments  o'er. 
<-.  I  caU'd  ba<-k  yeans  and  anciv-./;:  t'-.es, 
When  I  beheld  thy  face ; 
My  foiritfr-rchM  for  fecret  crimes 
Which  might  ben  ad  thy  grrce. 
G  I  call'd  ::hy  mercies  to  my  m:nd 
Which  I  enjoy1  d  before  : 
And  will  the  L'>rd  no  more  be  kind-?1 
His  face  appar  no  more  ? 
^  WiRte  forever  caft  roe  off  * 
H'S  promife  ever  fail  ? 
Kas  he  forgot  h:s  tender  love  f 
Shall  arjgerftii!  prevail? 

5  But  1  forbid  tblshoreHs  thought, 

This  dark  dlfpniring  frame, 
ficmemb'ring  what  thy  bond  hath  wrought  j, 

Thy  hand  ""is  ftiil  the  fane. 
A  I'll  think  ag^Hftif  ~'l  thy  wajs, 

And  talk  thv  wonders  o'ie?  j 
Thv  wonder:  ot-rc~ovVng  grace?, 

When  fle(h  cou'd  helo  no  mor<. 
to  Grace  dwells  wfchjiiftiee  on  the  throne, 

And  men  wholov  thy  word 
jftayein  thy  fan&uary  known 

T*he>  eounfels  of  the  Lord- 


PSALM      LXXVIL  5$3 

f>  S  A  L  M    Jxxvii.     Second  Part, 

Comfort  derived  from  ancient  providence  :  or,  Ifras! 
4eli;rered  from  Egypt,  and  brought  to  Canaasa* 

9  «  T  TOW  awful  is  thy  chaining  rod  ?" 
I.  JL      (May  tb y  own  children  lay) 
"  The  great,  the  wife,  the  dreadful  ,Qod 
"  How  hoJy  is  his  way  ! 
s  VIA  meditate  his  works  of  old  5 
The  Kirig  who  reigns  above  3 
I''ll  hear  his  ancient  wonders  told3 
An,  learn  to  truft  his  love. 
§  Long  did  the  houfe  of  "Jofeph  He 
With  Egypc  s  voice  oonrefr.  ; 
Long  be  de'ay'd  to  hear  their  cryj, 
Nor  gavehs  peoplerefi. 
4  The  fons  cf  good  old  Jacob  feem'<&- 
Abandon'd  to  their  foes  : 
But  his  almighty  arm  redeem'd 
r}ghe  nation  which  he  chofe, 
g  Iffelh'.s  people  and  his  fheep, 
Mint  follow  where  he  calls  f 
He  made  them  venture  through  the  deej» 
And  made  the  waves  their  walls. 
■€  The  waters  fa w  thee,  mighty  Godi 
The  waters  law  the  come  ! 
Backward  they  tied,  and  flighted  flood, 
To  _uake  thine  armies  room. 
7  Str 

1  errors  attend  the  wor.d  reus  way 
Which  brings  thy  Ajercy  down. 
J3  Thy  voice  with  terror  in  the  foui'd 

Through  clouds  and  darknefs  brok-e^ 
AS!  heav'n  in  light'ning  fhone  around, 
And  ea  tb  with  thunder  fhook. 
.9  Thine  arrows  through  the  fky  were  hurP-3  I 
How  glorious  is  the  Lord  ! 
Sur;-.ife  and  trembling  lhook  the  worlds 
And  humble  faints,  ador'd. 
X2  Hegave  tiiem  water  from  the  rock  j 
Andfafeby  Mo.es'  band 
Through  a  dry  defart  led  his  flock 
R>omo  to  triie ffo^w-d  iand^l 


;r?oge  were  the  journies  thro'  the  fea^ 
Thy  footuVjs,  Lord,  unknown! 


3X4  PSALM    LXXVHV 

PSALM     kxviii.     Firft  Part. 

Providence  of  God  recorded;  or,  Pious  education  and 
iriftruclion  of  Children. 

J  T    ET  children  hear  the  mightv  deeds 
JL>     Which  God  perform' d  of  old  j 

Which  in  our  younee''  years  we  law, 
And  which  our  fathers  tild. 
ft  Ke  bids  us  m^kehis  glories  known 
His  works  of  pow'r  and  grace  : 
And  we'll  convey  tug  wonders  down 
Through  ev'ry  rifing  race. 

3  Our  l;ps  fhall  tell  them  to  our  fans* 

And  they  again  to  theirs, 
That  generations  yet  unborn 
May  teach  them  to  their  heirs. 

4  Thus /hail  they  learn,  fn  Gol  aloas 

Their  hope  fecurely  (lands, 
That  they  may  ne'er  forget  his  works 
.But  practice  his  commands  , 

PSA   L  M    lxxvi'i.     Second  Part. 

Ifrael's  rebellion  and  puniihment ;  or,  the  fins  an£ 
clyftifements  of  God's  people. 

?  f~\  WHAT  artiffrebell'ou&houfe 
!    v^/     Was  Jacob's  ancient  race! 
Fane  to  their  own  moftfolemn  vows, 
And  to  their  maker's  grace, 
ft  They  broke  the  cov'nantof  his  love, 
Anddid  his  la,ws  deipife, 
Forgot  the  w  irks"  he  wrought  to  prove; 
His  piw'r  before  their  eyes* 
3  They faw  the  plagues  dnEgjptli'ht 
From  his  avengfng  hand  : 
What  dreadful  tokens  of  bis  might 
Spread  o'ei  the  flubboin  land  1 
a  They  few  hi  ~i  cleave  the  mignty  fea> 
And  march"  d  in  fafety  through, 
Wit-h  watry  waits  to  guard  their  way, 
'Tili  tney  had  'fca  sYi  the  foe. 
*  A  wondrous  pillar.mark'd  the  roar, 
Compos'd  oi  fhade  and  lighf; 
By  day -t  prov'd  a  fheltenng  cloud, 
A  leading  lire  by  night. 
$  He  from  the  rock  their  thirft  fupplicd  J, 
The  gufhing  waters  fell ; 
And  ran  in  rivers  by  their  iiiey 
•  Aeon&a.nt  miracle,  I 


PSALM    LXXVH.  ||| 

«y  Vet  they  provoked  the  Lord  molt  high 
And  ilar'd  diitruft  his  hand  ; 
< 'an  he  with  bread  our  hoft  fupply, 
Amidft  this  defart  land  ? 
£      he  Lord  with  indignation  heard, 
And  caus'd  his  wrath  to  flame  j 

terrors  ever  ftand  prepared. 
To  vindicate  his  name. 


PSALM    Jxxviii.     Third  Parti, 

The  puniihment  of  luxury  and  intemperance  j  pf9 

Chaftifement  and   falvation. 

S  "\X7"HEN  IfrV1  finP'  the  Lord  reproves 
V\       And  fills  their  hearts  with d;ead> 
Yet  he  forgives  the  men'he  loves, 
And  fends  them  heav'niy  bread. 

2  He  fed  them  with  a  lib'ralhand, 

And  made   his  treasures known-; 
He  gave  the  midnight  clouds  command 
To  pour  provifion  down. 

3  The  manna,  like  a  morning  fhow'r 

Lay  thick  around   their  jeer,  j 
The  corn  of  heav'n,  id  light,  10  purg,    ' 

As  tho'  'twere  angels'  meat. 
£  But  they  in  murm'ring  language  faid^ 

(i  Manna  is  aii  our  re  aft, 
'*  We  loath  this  light,  this  a;ry  bread j 

"  Wemuft  have  flefn  to  tafte.  5> 

5  iC  Ye  /hall  havefiem  to  pleafe  your  lure/"* 

The  Lord  in  wrath  reply  -d  '      ' 
And  iert  them  quails  like  fandorduft, 
Heap'd  up  from  lide  to  lide. 

6  He  gave  them  all  their  cwn  defirej 

And  greedy  as  they  fed, 
His   veng'ance  burnt  withfecret fire 
And  imote  the  rebels  dead.      v: 
1  When  fome  were/lain,  the  reft  return'd 
And  fought  the  Lord  with  tears  : 
Under  the  rod  they  fear'd  and  mouni'd,. 
But  foon  forgot  their  fears. 
SOft  hecbaftis'd,  and  ftiJl  forgave, 

*Till  by  hjs  gracious  hand  j 

The  nation  herefoiv'd  to  fave 
^cifeis'd  the  prom  l'o4d  iasd{ 


PSALM    LXXVIII. 

P  S  A  L  M     Ixxviii.     Fourth  Pa<:t. 

Backfliding  and  forgivenefsj  or,  Sin  pn-i 

and  Taints  faved. 
R.EAT  God,  how  oft  did  ifr'el  prove, 


m 


Tiiere,  in  a  glais,  our  h"..M  cs  may  ^e 
How  ricklean  i  how  raii'e  tbey  be. 
a  HoW  foon    he  fahWefs  Jew  3  forgpi 

Thz  dreadful  wonde  s  God  had  wrought  ! 
The  i  they  provoke  hirn.  to  his  face, 
Nor  fe  r  his  pow'r,  nor  t.  uft  his  grace. 

3  The  Lord  confu  n/d  their  years  in  pain, 
And  make  their  travels  long  and  vain  ; 

A  tei'ous  rn^-ch,  through  unknown  ways, 
Wore  out  rh/r  length  and  fpent  their  a  ays* 

4  Oft  when  tney  favv  their  brethren,  flain, 
They  moara'd,  and  fought  the  Lord  again  J. 
CalJM  him  the  Rock  of  their  at  >de, 
Their  high  Redeemer  and  the;     God. 

&  Their  pray'rs  and  vows  h  tore  him  rife 
"  As  flatthing  words  or  folemn  lies, 

While  their  rebellious  tempers  provq. 

Falle  to  his  covenant    ni  his  love. 
*  Yet  aid  his  iov'reign  g  ace  rjprgive 

The  men  who  not  dei  -rv'd  to  life  J 

His  ang.  i  oft  away  he  turn'd, 

Or  elfe  with  gentle  flame  it  bum'd. 

He  faw  their  flsfhwas  weak  andjfrafl. 

Hefaw  temptation  ftil I  prevail  . 

The  God  of  abr'hani  lov'd   h  m  ft  ill* 

And  led  them  to  his  holy  hiil. 

P  S  A  L  M    \ix%. 

The  church's  prayer  under  affliction  j  «r,  Tiia 
vineyard  of  God  Wafted. 

J  f*\  RE  AT  Shepherd  of  thine  IftieiM 

VJT  Who  didht  between  the  che?  ubs  dwell, 

A  id  Jed  the  trioeS,  toy  cii  ifen  iivep. 

Safe  thro'  thedefai;  aid  the  deep*. 
$  Thy  church  is  inthedefort  now  ; 

Shin'  fomon  high,   and  guide  at  thtovyp  J 

Turn  us  to  thee,  toy  love  r-  t   e  \ 

We  jrHa.il  fee  fav'd,  and  «^h  no  aggce* 


Great  Col,  whom  h^av'nly  hofts  oil 
How  long  fhafrwe  lament  ana  pray  ? 
Ar.d  wait  in  vain  thy  kind  return  ? 
How  long  iLaiithy  ne^ce-anger  burn  ? 
Inftead  of  wine  and  chearful  bread, 
Thy  fain'"?  wi.h  their  own  tears  aie  fed| 
Tutn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  restore  j 
We  lhciii  be  iav'd,  and  figh  fio  more  \ 


PAUSE 

5  H?ft  thou  riot  olanted,  with  thine  hr  ids} 
A  lovely  vine  in  Heathen  lands  ? 

Did  notthypow'r  de.endit  round, 
And  heav'nly  dews  enrich  the  ground  ? 

6  How  did  the  fprea. ling  branches  moot 
AnJ  blefs  the  nations  with  the  fruit  ? 
But  now,  dear  Lord,  look   down  and  feS 
Thy  mourning  v'ne,  that  lovely  tree  ! 

7  Why  is  its  beau .  •  thus  defac'd  ? 
Why  haft  "hou   .aid  her  fences  wafte  ? 
Strangers  and  fo  s  agamft  her  join  j 
And  ev'ry  bead  devours    the  viae  ! 

%-  Return,  almighty  God,  return  j 

Nor  let  thy  b'eeding  vineyard  mo-'  'n  | 
Turn  us  to  thse,  thy  love  reft  ore  ; 
We  lLail  be  fav'd,  and  figh  no  mote  ! 


P    A    U    S     E    II. 

§  Lord,  when  this  vine  in  Canaan  grew^ 
Thou  waft  itsttrength  and'gforytbo  I 
Attack' d  in  vain  by  ail  its  foei, 
'Till  the  fair-Branch  of  Promif?  rofe, 

16  Fair  Branch,  ordain'd  of  old  to  moot 
From  David's  ftock,  from  Jacob's  root, 
Himlelf  a  nob'e  vine,  and  me 
The  L'fier  branches  of  the  tree. Ej 

%1  'Tis  thy  own  Son  !  and  he  ihaU  ftandj 
Girt  with  thyftrengrh,  at  thy  right  hand? 
Thy  firft  born  Son,  adorn'd  as!d  blefr 
With  pow'r  and  grace  ab<  ve  the  reft. 
fi,  O  1  for  his  fake,  aUend  our  cry  j 
Shine  on  thy  churches,  left  they  die^ 
Turn-us  to  thee,  thy  love  reftore, 
We  fhallbe  fav'd  and  figh  no  .more  I 


P    S    A    E    M     LXXX1.  21S 

PSALM    lxxxi. 

The  warnings  of  God  to  his  people  ;  or,  Spiritual 
Meltings  and  punilhments. 

I   QING  to  the  LordalOud, 

0  And  make  a  joyful  noife  5 

God  is  our  itrength,  our  Saviour-God> 
Let  Ifr'el  hear  his  voice. 
a  ll  From  vile  idolatry 

"  Perferve  my  worlhip  clean 
"lam  the  Lord  who  let  thee  free? 
"  From  flavery  and  fin. 

3  <s  Stretch  thy  defires  abroad, 

"   And  I'll  fupply  them  well ; 
<c  Butif  you  will  refufe  your  God> 
,«  If  Ilr'el  will  rebel  ; 

4  «*  I'h  leave  them,  faith  the  Lord* 

1  ff  To  their  cwn  lulls  a  prey, 

*  And  let  them  run  thatdang'rousrosdj 
'*  'Tis  their  own  chofen  way. 

5  "  Yet,  O  !  that  all  my  faints  _ 

"  "Wouldheark.cn  to  my  voice  ! 
es  Soon  I  would  eafe  their  fire  complaints, 
{l  And  bid  their  hearts  rejoice 
€  "  While  Ideftroy'd  theirfoes, 
**'  I'd  richly  feed  my  flock, 
And  they  fhould  taft'e  the  ftream  which  flaw,, 
*'  From  their  eternal  rock." 

PSALM      Ixxxiii. 

God  thef'Jpreme  Governor;  or,  MagirtratM 
warned. 

5     A  MONG  th'  afiemblies  of  the  great, 

XjL  A  greater  P.uier  takes  his  featy 

The  Godor'heavn,  as  Judge,  furveys 

Thofe  gods  on  earth,  and  all  their  ways. 
%  Why  will  ye  then  frame  wicked  laws  ?. 

Or  why  fupporrth'*  unright'ouscaufe  ? 

When  willyou  once  defend  the  poor, 

That  ftnners  vex  the  faints  no  more. 

3  They  know  not,  Lord,  nor  will  they  know>' 
Dark  are  the  ways  in  which  they  go  j 
Their  name  of  earthly  gods  is  vain, 

For  they  ihall  fall  and  die  like  men. 

4  Arife,  O  Lord,  and  let  thy  Son 
Poflef"  his  univerfal  throne, 


PSALM     LXXXIH.  ii». 

And  rule  the  nations  with  his  rod  j 
He  is  our  Judge,  and  he  our  God. 

PSALM    Ixxxiii. 

A  complaint  againft  perfecutors* 
2     A  ND  will  the  God  of  grace 
J~\_   Perpet'al  fiience  keep  ? 
The  God  of  juftice  hold  his  peace, 
And  let  his  veng'ance  fleep. 

2  Behold,  what  curfedfnares 

The  men  of  mifchief  fpread  ! 
The  men  who  hate  thy  faints  and  thee 
Lift  up  their  threat'ning  head. 

3  Againft  thy  hidden  ones. 

Tleir  counfels  they  employ, 
And  malice,  with  her  watchful  eye* 
Purfues  them  to  deftroy. 
\  The  noble  and  the  bafe 
Into  thy  paftures  leap  : 
The  lion  and  the  ftupid  afs 
Gonfpire  to  vex  thy  fheep. 
5  "  Come,  let  us  join,  they  cryj 

"  To  root  them  from  the  ground, 
Gives  them,  like/forefts  to  the  fire, 
Orftubble  to  the  wind. 
5  Convince  their  madnefs,  Lord, 
And  make,  them  feck  thy  name  j 
Or  eife  their  ftubborn  rage  confound* 
That  they  may  die  in  mame. 
7  Then  mail  the  nations  know 
That  gior'ous  dreadful  word, 
Jehovah  is  thy  name  alone, 
And  thou  the  fov' reign  Lord. 

P  S  A  L  M    lxxxiVo     Firft  Parti 

The  pleafures  of  pubic  worihip» 
OW  pleafant,  how  divinely  fair, 
„    O  Lord  of  hafts,  thy  dwellings  are! 
With  long  defires  my  fpirit  faints 
To  meet  th'  affembiies  of  thy  faints. 
X  My  flefli  would  reft  in  thine  abode, 
My  panting  heart  cries  out  for  Godj 
My  God  !  my  King  !  why  mould  i  be 
So  far  from  all  my  joys  and  thee  ? 
j  The  fparrow  chooies  *vhere  to  reftj 
Ana  for  her  young  provides  a  neft  ; 
But  will  my  God  to  fparrows  grant 
That  pleafure  which  his  childien  want  i 


i  TJOV 
O  o 


,£  P    i    A    L    M      LXXXIV. 

4-  Bleft  are  the  faints  who  fit  on  high 
Ground  thy  throne  of  majeftyj 
Thy  brighter!  giories  fhine  above, 
And  all  their  wo-k  is  pr  ife  and  love, 

5  Bleft  are  the  fouls  who  find  aplace 
Within  the  temple  of. thy  grace  ; 
There  they  behold  thy  gender  rays, 
And  feek  thy  face,  and  icarn  thy  praife* 

6  Blefl  are  the  menwhofe  hearts  are  fet 
To  find  the  way  to  Sion's  gate  j 
God  is  their  ftrength  5   and  through  the  ro*et 

^  They  lean  upon  their  helper,  God. 

7  Chearfulthey  walk  with  growing  ftrength, 
'Till  all  (hall  meet  in  heav'n  at  length  t 
'Till  all  before  thy  face  appear, 
And  join  in  nobler  worihip  there. 

PSALM    lxxxiv.     Second    Part. 

God  and  his   Church  j  or,  Grace  and  gloryv 

3?  /T^i  REAT  God  attend,  wh.ile  Zion  fings 

\J  The  joy  which  from  thy  prefence  fpingS  > 

To  fpend  one  day  with  t^ee  on  earth 
.Exceeds  a  thoufand  days  of  mirth, 
3'  Might  I  enjoy  themeaneft  place 

"Within  thy  houfe,  O  Cod.  or  gr  ce  \ 

Not  tents  of  eafe,  nor  thrones  of  poWV, 

Shoulfl  tempt  my  fee,t  to  lesve  thy  door. 
3''  God  is  our  Sun,  he  makes  our  day  ! 

God  is  our  fhield  !   he  guards  our  way 

From  all  th'  affau'ts  of  hell  and  fin, 

From  foes  without,  and  foes  within, 
4  AH  needful  grace  will  God  beftow,    • 

And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too  5 

He  gives  us  all  things,  and  with-holds 

\Ho  real  good, from  upright  fouls. 
5'  O  God,  our  King  !  whole  ibv'reign  fway. 

The  giorious  holts  of  heav'n  obey,     * 

And  c evils  at  thy  prefence  flee  $ 

Bleft  is  the  man  who  trufts  in  thee. 

PSALM     lxsxiv.     Paraph  rafed. 

©elight  in  ordinances  of  worfhip  ;  or,  God  prefe*1" 
in  his  churches. 

^  "ft^Y  foul,  how  lovely  is  the  place 

iVi   To  which  my  God  reforts  ! 

*Tis  heav'n  to  fee- his  fmiling  f4.ce, 

Though,  in  his  earthly  covrts. 


PSALM      LXXXIV.  J^ 

a  There  the  great  monarch  of  the  Ikies 
-  His  laving  pow'r  difpiays, 
Ana  jignt  urea^s  in  upon,  our  eyes 
With  kind  and  quickening  E  ys. 
§  With  his  rich  gilts  the  heav'niy  Jove 
Deicends  ana  fills  the  pi  ce, 
While  Chrift  reveals  his  wond'rous  love, 
And  fheds  abroad  his  grace. 
4  There,  mighty  God,  thy  words  declare 
1  he  fecrets  of  thy  wiij  ; 
Still  we  whlfeek  thy  mercy  ther*, 
And  Ting  thy  praifes  ftUL     ' 

P    A    U ■    S    <E. 


5  My  heart  and  fle/h  -try  out  for  thee, 

While  far  from  thine  abode  : 
When  (ha  A  I  tread  thy  courts  and  fee 
My  Saviour  and  my  God  ? 

6  The  fparrow  builds  herfeif  a  neft, 

Ana  fuffers  no  remove  j 
O  make  me  like  the  fparrow  ble&, 
TodweJl  bu^  where  I  love  ! 

7  To  fit  one  day  beneath  thine  eye, 

And  hear  thy  gracious  voice,  ., 
Exceeds  a  whole  eternity 
-  Employ'd  in  carnal  joys. 
3  Lord,  at  thy  threfhold  I  would  wait, 
While  Jefus  is  within, 
Rather  than  fill  a  throne  of  fta»s, 
Or  live  in  tents  of  fin  ! 


a  Could  I  command  the  fpacious  land, 
And  che  more  boundlefs  fea, 
For  one  blefthour  at  thy  right-hand, 
-,  I'd  give  them  both  away. 


PSALM    Ixxxlr. 
Longiag  for  the  homfe  of  G©& 

IORD  of  the  worlds  above, 
_j  How  pleafant  an'd  how  fair 
The  dwellings  of  thy  love, 
Thy  earthly  temples  are  i 
To  thine  abode 
My  heart  afpires, 
^Vith  warm  defirea^ 


^^^  PSALM      LXXXIT, 

s  The  fparrow  forher  young 
With  pie*"fure  leeks  a  neit  : 
And  wand'ring  fwallows  ioflg 
To  nna  their  wonted  reft  j 
My  ipi.it   faints 
With  e«juaTzeaJL 
To  rile  and  dwell 
Among  thy  faints. 
3  O  happy  fouls  who  pray 

Where  God  appoints  to  hear  ! 


Oh; 


ppy  men  who  pay 


Their  conftant  fervice  there  ! 
They  praile  thee  ftili  j 
And  happy  they 
Who  iove  the  way 
To  Sion'shill. 

4  Tiey  go  fromftrengthto  ftrength. 
Thro'  tnis  dark  valeof  tears, 
'Till  each  arrives  at  iength, 
'Till  each  in  heav'n  appears  : 

0  giorious  feat, 
When  God  our  K'ng 
Shall  thither  bring 
Our  willing  feet ! 

PAUSE, 

5  To  fpend  one  facred  day 
Where  God  and  faints  abide, 
Affords  diviner  joy 

Than  thoufand  days  befide  j 
Where  Godreforts 

1  love  it  more 
To  keep  the  door 
Than  (nine  in  courts. 

6  God  is  our  fun  and  fhield, 
Our  light  and  our  defence  ; 
With  gifts  our  hands  are  fill'd, 
We  draw  our  ble flings  thence  ; 

Hi  fli;  11  bsftow 

On  Jacob's  race 

Peculiar  grace 

And  glory  too. 
j  The  Lord  his  people  loves ; 
His  hand  no  good  with-holds 
From  thole  his  heart  approves. 
From  pure  ana  pious  louls  i 

Thrice  happy  he, 

O  Godof  hofts, 

Whole  fpirit  truits 

Alone  in  thee. 


PS    A    L    M      LXXXV,  xaj 

PSALM    lxxxv.    Firft  Part. 

Waiting  for  an  anfwer  to  prayer  j  or,  deliverance  began 
and  compleated. 

3   T     ORD,  thou  haft  call'd  thy  grace  to  mind, 
jL,  j     Thou  haft  revers'd  our  heavy  doom  :  . 

So  God  forgave  when  Ifr'el  finn'd 

And  brought  his  wand'ring  captives  home, 
a  Thou  haft  begun  to  fet  us  free, 

And  made  thy  fierceft  wrath  abate  : 

Now  Jet  our  hearts  be  turn'd  to  thee, 

And  thy  fclvation  be  complete. 

3  Revive  our  dying  graces,  Lord, 
And  let  thy  faints  in  thee  rejoice; 
Make  known  thy  truth,  fulfil  thy  word  j 
"We  wait  for  praife  to  tune  our  voice. 

4  We  wait  to  hear  what  God  will  fay  ; 
He'll  fpeak  and  give  his  people  peace; 
But  let  them  run  no  more  aftray, 

Left  his  returning  wrath  increafe. 

PSALM     lxxxv.     Second   Part, 

"Salvation  by  Chrift. 

2  QALVATION  is  forever  nigh 

O     The  fouls  who  fear  and  truft-the  Lord.j 

And  peace  defcending  from  on  high 

The  hopes  of  gbry  fhail  afford, 
a  Mercy  and  truth  on  earth  are  met, 
,    But  Chrift  the  Lord  came  down  from  heav'n 

By  his  obedience  fo  complete, 

Juftice  is  pleas'd,  and  peace  is  giv'n, 

3  Now  truth  and  honor  fhail  abound, 
" -  Religion  dwell  on  earth  again, 

And  heav'nly  influence  blefs  the  ground 
In  our  Redeemer's  gentle  reign. 
q.  His  righteoufnels  is  gone  before, 
To  give  us  tree  accels  to  God  j 
Our  wand'ring  feet  fhail  ftray  no  more, 
But  mark  his  fteps,  and  keep  the  road. 

PSALM    Ixxxvi. 

A  general  fongto  praife  God, 

J     A   MONG  the  princes,  earthly  gods, 
S\    There's  acne  hath -power  divine  j 


*G 


^4  PSALM    LXXXYII. 

Nor  is  their  nature,  mighty  Lord, 

Nor  are  their  w^rks  like  .hine. 
s  The  nations  thou  hail  made,  fhali  brin^ 

Their  orFeringsround  thy  Car  ure 
For  thou  alone  doit  wond  reus  things, 

For  thou  art  God  alone. 

3  Lord,  1  would  walk  wich  holy  feetj 

Teach  me  thine  heav'n.y  ways, 
And  my  poor  icatierM  thoughts  unite- 
In  my  good  Father's  praiie. 

4  Great  is  thy  mercy,   and  my  fong 

Shall  thole  Tweet  wanders  tell, 
JHow  by  thy  grace  my  iinki  ig  foul 
Role  from  the  4eeps  of"  hell. 

PSALM     lxxxvii. 

The  church  the  birth-right  of  the  faints  5  or,  Jews  an^ 

Gentiles  united  in  the  chriftian  church. 

OD  in  his  earthly  temple  lays 
Foundations  for-hL  he*v  nly  praife  3 
Re  Tikes  the  cents  o£  Jacob  well,  . 
Butfti:i  in  Zion  loves  to  dwell. 
*   His  mercy  vifita  ev'ry  hojfe 

Which  pays  its  night  and  morning  vowij 

But  makes  a  more  delightful  Itay 

Where  churches  meet  to  praiie  and  pray. 

3  What  glories  were  defcrib'd  of  old  ? 
What  wonders  .-.re  of  Zion  told? 
Thou  city  of  our  God  below, 

Thy  fame  fhall  Tyre  and  Egypt  know. 

4  Egypt  and  Tyre,  and  Greek  and  Jew, 
Shail  there  begin  their  lives  anew. 
Angels  and  men  fhall  join  to  ling 
The  hill  whe  e  living  waters  -ipiing. 

c.  When  God  makes*  up  his  la  it  account 
Of  natives,  inhis  holy  mount, - 
'Twilt  be  an  honor  to  appear- 
As  one  new-born  or  nourilh'd  there. 

PSALM    Jxxxix      Firft  Part. 

Th°  covenant  made  with  Chrift  }  or,  the  true  Davk^ 

J  TT*OR  ever  ihail  my  fon  record 

JF       The  truth  and  mercy  of  che  Lord  : 

Mercy  and  truth  forever  ;land 

Like  heav  n,  eilabiila'd  by  his  hand. 
C  Thus  to  his  fon  hefware,  and  faid, 

£?  With  thqp  my  cyv  nant  rilft  is  made, 


PSALM    LXXXIX*  *jQ 

e*  In  thee  mall  dying  finners  jive, 
-    *'  I  iory  and  grace  are  thine  to  give. 
%  "  Be  t;:ou  my  Prophet.,  thou  my  Prieft; 

"  Thy  chiidien  fhaii.be  ever  bieilj.    . 

"  Thou  arc  my  tfhofen  King  5   thy  throae 
.,   *e  Shailftand  eternal  like  rny  own. 

4  "  There's  none  of  ail  my  fons  above 
1  '  So  much  my  image  or  my  iove  : 
"  Ceieftial  powr's  thy  Subjects  are, 

"  1  hen  what  can  caith  to  tKee  compare  ? 

5  (i  David,  my  fervant-j  whom  I  chofe 

"  Toguard  my  rlock,  to  crummy  foesj 
fs  And  rais'd  him    o  the  Jewiih  throne* 
*'  Was  but  a  ihadow  of  my  Son,1' 
%  Now  let  che  church  rejoice  and  fing$ 
Jefus,  her  Saviour  ana  her  King  ! 
Angels  hisheav'nly  wonders  fliow.l 
And  faints  declare  his  works  below  1 

PSALM     lxxxix.     Firft  Part.     Common  Mefre; 

The  faithfulnefs  of  God. 

2  %  *  TY  never  ceafing  fongs  mail  fhow 
JlVA      The  mercies  »f  che  Lord  j 
And  make  Succeeding  ages  know 
How  faithful  is  his  word. 

2  Thefacred  truths  his  lips  pronounce 

Shall  firm  as  heav'n  endure  : 
And,  if  he  Speak  a  promifeonce, 
Th' eternal  grace  is- Sure. 

3  How  long  the  race  of  David  held. 

The  promised Jewifh  throne! 
But  there's  a  nobler  cov'nant  ieai'<£ 

To  David's  greater  Son„ 
4  This  feed  forever  mad  poiTefs 

The  throne  above  the  ikies  ; 
The  meaneft  Subject  of  his  grace 

Shall  to  that  glory  rife. 
3  Lord  God  of  Holts,  thy  wond'rous  ways 

Are  lung  by  faints  above, 
And  faints  on  earth  their  honors  raife 

To  thy  unchanging  love. 

PSALM     lxxxix.     Second  Part. 

The  power  and  majerry  of  God  •   or,  RevereatM 
worfhip. 

3  TX7ITH  reverence  let  the  faints  appear 
Y  V       And  bow  beftre  the  Lord  j 


IjS  PSALM    LXXXI&\ 

His  high  commands  with  reverence  hear, 

And  tremble  at  his  word. 
%    How  terrible  thy  glories  be; 

How  bright  thine  armies  mine ! 
What  is  the  pow'r  which  vies  with  thee  ? 

Or  truth  compar'd  to. thine  ? 

3  The  Nothern  pole  and  Southern  reft 

On  thy  fupporting  hand  ; 
Darknefs  and  day  from  Eaitto  Weft 
Moveroun.i  at  thy  command. 

4  Thy  words  the  raging  winds  controul, 

And  rule  the  boift'rousdeep  ! 
Tho  i  mak'ft  the  ileeping  billows  roll, 
The  rolling  billows  deep. . 
x  Heav'n,  earth  and  air,  and  fea  are  thine, 
And  the  dark  world  of  hell  ; 
How  did  thine  arm  inveng'ance  mine 
When  Egypt  durft  rebel  ! 
£  J uftice  and  judgement  are  thy  throne  J 
Yet  wond'rousis  thy  grace  ; 
While  truth  and  mercy  join' d  in  one 
Invite  us  near  thy  face. 

PSALM     lxxxix.      Third  Part. 

A  blefied  Gofpd. 

T>  LEST  are  the  fouls  who  hear  and  know 
!J    The  gofpel's  joyful  found; 
p^ace  mail  attend  the  paths  they  go, 

And  light  their  fteps  furround. 
Their  joy  fliall  bear  their  fpirits  up, 

Thro1  their  Redeemers  name  ; 
His  righteoufnefs  exalts  their  hope, 

Nor  Satan  dares  condemn. 
«  The  Lord,  our  glory  and  defence, 
3      Strength  and  falvation  gives  : 
tfr'elthv  King  fereyer  reigns, 

Thy  God  forever  lives! 

PSALM    lxxxix.   Fourth    Part. 

Chrift's  mediatorial  kingdom;  or, His  dirine 
and  human  n  ature. 

,  Y  TE  AR  what  the  Lord  in  vifion  faid, 
Hi       And  made  his  mercy  known  : 
"  Sinners,  behold,  your  heip  is  Ui4 
«  On  my  almighty  ion. 


PSALM     LXXXIX.  a^J 

S  Behold  the  man  my  wifdom  chofe 

Among  your  mortal  race  ! 

His  head  my  holy  .oil -overflows, 

The  Spirit  of  my  grace. 
High  mail  he  reign  on.David's  throne, 

My  people's  better  King  ;  .    . 
My  arm  mall  beat  his  rivals  down, 
And  ftill  new  fubje&s  bring. 
3.  My  truth  lhall  guard  him  in  his  way, 
With  mercy  by  his  fide  ; 
While,  in  my  name,  thro1  earth  and  fes, 
He  lhall  in  triumph  ride. 
£  Me  for  his  father  and  his  God. 
He  lhall  forever  own  j 
Call  me  his  Rock,  his  high  abode, 
And  1*11  fupport  my  Son. 
6  My  firft  born  Son  array 'din  grac?, 
At  my  right  hand  lhall  fit  j 
Beneath  him  angels  know  their  place. 
And  Monarchs,  at  his  feet. 
^  My  covenant  ftands  forever  fair,. 
.   My  promifes  areftrongj 
Firm  as  the  heav'ns  his  throne  lhall  lall, 
His  feed  endure  as  long. 

PSALM    Ixxxix.    Fifth  Pare. 

The  covenant  of  grace  unchangeable  j  or,  Affile* 

tion  without  rejection. 

i  TZET  (faith  the  Lord)  if  David's  race, 
JL     The  children  of  my  Son, 
Should  break  my  laws,  abufe  my  graced 

And  tempt  mine  angerdown.  «f 

2  Their  fins  I'll  vifitwith  the  rod, 
And  make  their  folly  fmart  j 
But  I'll  not  ceafe  to  be  their  God* 
Nor  from  my  truth  depart. 

3  My  cov'nant  I  will  ne'er  revoke, 

But  keep  my  grace  in  mind  j 
And  what  eternal  iove  hath  lpoke, 
Eternal  truth  lhall  bind. 

4  Once  have  I  fworn,  (I  need  no  more) 

And  pledg'd  my  holinefs, 
To  feal  the  facred  promife  fure  -     ' 

To  David  and  his  race. 
4  The  fun  lhall  fee  his- offspring  rife, 
Aid  fpei&  fxem  lea  to  lea ; 


»*  PSALM    LXXSFHFl 

Long  as  he  travels  round  the  fkies 
To  give  the  nations  day. 
6  Sure  as  the  Moon  which  rale?  the  nighty 
His  kingdom  fhall  endure  j 
'Till  the  6x'd  laws  af  fhade  and  light 
Shall  be  obferv'd  no  more. 

PSALM    Ixxxix.    Sixth  Par& 
Mortality  and  hope. 
A  Funeral  Pfalm. 

y  jN  EMEMBER,  Lord,  our  mortal  ftate, 
XV  How  frail  our  life,  how  fhort  the  date  'f 
Where  is  the  man  who  draw*  his  breath 
Safe  from  difeafe,  fecure  from  death  ? 

*  Lord  while  we  fee  whole  nations  die* 
Our  flefh  and  fenfe  repine  and  cry, 
"  Muft  death  forever  rage  arid  reign  ! 
"  Or  haft  thou  made  mankind  in  vain  VY 

%-  Where  is  thy  promife  tothejuft? 
Are  not  thy  fervants  turn'd  to  duft  ! 
l5ut  faith  forbids  thefe  mournful  fighs^. 
And  fees  the  fleeping  duft  arife. 

4  That  glor'ous  hour,  that  dreadful  day 
Wipes  the  reproach  of  faints  away. 
And  clears  the  honor  of  thy   word  \ 
Awakes  our  fouls  and  bl-fs  the  Lord. 


PSALM      l***ix.    Laft  Paris 
Life,  Death,  and  the  refurre&ion. 

2  nr^HlNK,  mighty  God,  on  feeble  man, 

X     How  few  his  hours  !  how  fhort  his  fpanr  I 

Short  from  the  cradle  to  the  gravel 
Who  can  fecure  his  vital  breath 
Againft  the  bold  demands  of  death 

With  /kill  to  fly,  or  pow'r  to  fave  ? 
ft  Lord,  fhall  it  be  forever  faid, 
*r  The  race  of  man  was  only  made 

"  For  ficknefs,  forrow,  and  theduft  ?■ 
Are  not  thy  fervants,  day  by  day, 
Sent  to  their  graves  and  turn'd  to  clay  ? 

Lord,  Where's  thy  kindnefs  tothejuft  ¥ 

3  Haft  thou  not  promis'd  to  thy  Son, 
And  all  his  feed  a  heavenly  crown  ? 

But  flefh  and  fenfe  indulge  defpair  - 
Forever  bleffed  be  the  Lord  ! 
That  faith  can  read  his   holy  word* 

Andftad  a  refurre&ion  there. 


PSALM  X€> 

4  Forever  blefTed  be  the  Lord! 

Who  gives  his  faints  a  long  reward 

For  all  their  toii,reproach  nnd  paift.S 
Let  aiJ  below  and  all  above, 
Join  to  proclaim  thy  wond'rous  love, 
And  each  repeat  aloua  Amen. 

PSALM     xc.    Long  Metre, 

Man  mortal,  and  Xjod  eternal. 

A  mournful  fong  at  a  funeraL. 

■j  ^TpKRO'  ev'ry  age,  eternal  God, 
-  X       Thou  art  our  reft,  our  ia:e  abode  ; 
High  was  thy  throne,  e'er  heay'n  was  m&de^ 
Or  earth,  thy  humbje  footftool,  laid. 

-S  Long  hadft  thou  reign'd  e'er  time  began, 
Orduft  was  ranVond  to  a  man  j 
And  long  thy  kingdom  mall  enaure 
*Till  earth  ana  time  ihail  be  no  mere* 

3  But  man,  weak  man,  is  born  to  die  j 
Made  up  or  guilt  and  vanity  : 
Thydre-dful  lentence,  Lord,  wasjui£3 
.Return,  ye  finners,  to  your  dull. 

4.  A  thoufand  of  our  years  amount 
Scarce  to  a  day  in  thine  account, 
Like  yefterday's  departed  light, 
Or  the  laft  watch  or  ending  nighty 

f    A    U    S    % 

§  Death,  like  an  overflowing  ftrtarn, 
Sweeps  us  away  j  our  life's  a  dream  | 
Anempty  tale  j  a  morning  flow'rj 
Cut  down  and  wither' d  in  an  hour, 

£  Our  age  to  feventy  years  is  fet ; 

How  fhortthe  term  !  how  frail  the  ftatel 

And  if  to  eighty  we  arrive, 

V/e  rather  figh  and  groan  than  live. 

<f  But  O  !  how  oft  thy  wrath  appears, 
And  cuts  off  our  expected  years  1 
Thy  wrath  awakes  our  hunibie  dread"* 
We  fear  that  pow'r  which  ftrike3  us  dead^ 

■S  Teach  us,  O  Lord,  how  frail  is  ma*  1 
And  kindly  lengthen  out  our  fpan, 
'Till  a  wife  care  of  prety 
fit  us  to  <ue_,  aad  dweil  m$fa  £%9T 


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I3»        _  r    S    A    L    M    XC. 


PSALM     xc.    firft  Part.     Common  Me»* 

Man  frail,  and  God  eternal., 
*  />UR  God,  our  help  in  ages  paft, 
\^/     Our  hope  tor  years  to  come, 
Our  fneicer  rrom  the  ftormy  blaft, 
And  <jur  eternal  home  . 
a  Under  the  fhadow of  thy  throne, 
Thv  laints  have  dwelt  fecure  j 
Sufficient  js  thine  arm  alone, 
Ana  our  defence  is  lure. 

3  Before  the  hills  in  order  ftood, 

Or  earth  receiv'd  her  frame, 

From  everiarting  thou  a>  t  God, 

To  endlefs  years  the  fame. 

4  Thy  word  commands  our  fkfti  to  duftj 

Return,  ye  lbns  of  men  ; 
Allnations'role  from  earth  atfirft 
And  turn  to  earth  again.     ■•- 

5  A  thoufand  ages  in  thy  light 

Are  like  an  ev'ning  gone  j 
Short  as  the  watch  which  ends  the  night 
Before  the  riling  fun. 
£6  The  bufy  tribes  of  flelh  and  blood, 
W  th  ail  their  lives  and  cares, 
Are  carried  downwards  by  the  flood, 
And  loft  in  foU'wyig  years. 
7  Time  like  an  ever-rolling  ftream, 
Bears  all  its  fons  away  ; 
They  fly,  forgotten,  as  a  dream 
Dies  at  the  opening  day. 
g  Like  flow  iy  fields  the  nations  ftand, 
Pleas'd  with  the  morning  light  j 
The  flow'rs  beneath  the  mower's  hand* 
Lie  with'nng  e'er  'tis  night.] 
A  Our  God,  our  help  in  ages  paft, 
Our  hope  tor  years  to  come  ! 
Be  thou  ou    guard  while  troubles  laft, 
And  our  eternal  home. 

PSALM     xc.    Second  Part. 

Infirmities  and  mortality  the  effect  of  fin  ;  •rj 
Jife,  old  age,  and  preparation  for  death. 

I  T     ORD,  if  thine  eye  furvey  our  faults, 
■   1  4     And  juftice  grow  fevere, 
'J'hy  dreadful  wrath  exceeds  ourthoughts^ 
And  burns  beyond  our  iear; 


f?    S    A    L    M    XO,  13% 

jft  Thine  anger  turns  our  frame  to  duftj 
By  one  offence  to  thee, 
Adam,  with  all  his  Ions,  have  loft 
Their  immortality. 

3  Life,  like  a  vain  amufement,  flies, 
r       A  fable  or  a  fong  j 

By  fwift  degrees  our  nature  dies, 
Nor  can  our  joys  be  long. 

4  'Tis  but  a  few  whofe  days  amount 

To  threescore  years  and  ten  ; 
And  all  beyond  that  fhort  account 

Is  forrow,  toll  and  pain. 
£5  Our  vitals,  with  labor'ous  ftrife, 

Bear  up  the  crazy  load  ; 
Aad  drag  thofe  poor  remains  of  life 

Along  the  tirelome  road.] 
6  Almighty  God,  reveal  thylove, 

And  not  thy  wrath  alone  j 
O  let  our  lweet  experience  prove 

The  mercies  of  thy  throne  ! 

5  Our  fouls  would  learn  the  heav'nly  art 

T'  improve  the  hours  we  have  3 
That  we  miy  act  the  wifer  part, 
-:  And  live  bey  ond  the  grave. 

PSALM    xc.    Third  Part. 

Breathing  after  heaven. 
X  T}  ETURN,  O  God  of  love,  return 
:-  XV     Earth  is  a  tirefome  place  i 
__  How  longfhallwe,  thy  children,  mourn 

,  Our  abfence  from  thy  face. 
%  Letheav'n  fucceed  our  painful  years, 
x        Let  fin  and  forrowceafe  j  .*.- 

Let  mercy  wipe  away  our  tears, 
And  make  our  joys  increafe. 

3  Thy  wonders  to  thy  fervants  fhow, 

Make  thy  own  works  complete  j 
Then  malJ  our  fouls  thy  glory  know, 
And  own  thy  1  ove  was  great. 

4  Then  fhall  we  fhine  before  thy  throne 

In  all  thy  beauty,  Lord, 
And  the  poor  fervice  we  have  done 
Meet  undeferVd  reward. 


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PSALM    xc.     Short  Metre. 

The  frailty  and  fhortnefs  of  life. 
ORD,  what  a  feeble  piece 
Js  this  our  mortal  frame  I 


*V~  PSALM     3$Q*. 

Our  life,  how  poor  a  trifle  'tis, 
Which  icarce  defe^ves  the  name! 
S  Alas  !  the  bri  tie  clay 

Which  buiit  our  body  firft  ! 
And  evry  month,  and  ey'ry  day 
1  ls  mouia'nng  back  to  duft. 

3  Oarmj.nencs  fly  apace, 

T  ^°f  wiil  our  minutes  flay  ; 
Ju-t  iik   a  flooi,  our  hafty  days 
Aie  (weeping  us  away 

4  Ww'  ifourd-»ys  mail  fly, 

"Ve'nke  p  weir  end  in  light; 
"  e  'I  ipend  chzm  ail  in  wnd  j,n  s  way. 

And  let  chem  ipeed  their  flight.  '^ 

5  They'll  waft  us  loanero'er 

Tnisnxe's  cempeft'ous  fea  : 
goon  we  ihaii  reach  the  peaceful  fcore 
Oc  biat  eternity. 

PSALM   xci.    Firft  Parti 

Safety  in  public  dileafes  and  dangers^ 

E  who  hath  made  his  refuge,  G^* 

Shall  find  a  mod  fecure  abode : 

Shall  walk  all  day  beneath  his  /hade, 

And  there  at  night  fhall  reft  his  head, 

i  Then  will  I  fay,  "  My  God,  thy  powV 

'  Shall  be  my  fortrefs  and  my  tow'r  j 

I  who  am  form'd  of  feeble  duft, 
"  Make  thine  almighty  arm  my  truft/* 
j  Thrice  happy  man  !  thy  maker's  care 
Shall  keep  the  from  the  fowler's  fnare  1 
Satan  the  fowler,  who  betrays 
Unguarded  fouls  a  thoufand  ways. 
\.  Juft  as  a  hen  protects  her  brood 
(From  birds  of  prey  which  feek  their  blood) 
Under  her  feathers,  fo  the  Lord 
Makes  his  own  arm  his  people's  guard, 
j  If  burning  beams  of  noon  confpire 
To  dart  a  peftilential  fire, 
God  is  their  life  ;  his  wings  are  fpread 
To  fhield  them  with  an  healthful  lhade. 
i  Jf  vapours,  with  malignant  breath, 
Rife  chick,  and  fcatter  midnight  death,      * 
Jfr'el  is  fafe:  thepoifon'd  air 
<5rows  pure,  if  lfr'cis  God  bs  there* 


*H 


*    S    A    L    M     Xi%  t^l 

PAUSE, 

^~%kj£tho*  athoufand  at  thy  fide  ? 

At  thy  right-hand  ten  thoufand  dy'd  ? 

Thy  God  his  chofen  people  fave& 

Among  the  dead,  amidft  the  graves* 
8  So  when  he  fent  his  angel  down 

To  make  his  wrath  in  Egypt  known  ^ 

And  flew  their  fons,  his  careful  eye 

Pafs'd  all  the  doors  of  Jacob  by. 
*»  But  if  the  fire,  or  plague,  orfword, 

Receive commiflion  from  the  LordV 

Toftrike  his  faints  among  the  reft, 

Their  very  pains  anddeaths  arebleft. 
3fe  Thefword,  the  peftilence  or  fire> 

Shall  but  fulfil  their  beft  defire  ; 

From  fins  and  forrows  fet  them  free, 

And  bring  thy  children,  Lord,  to  thee^ 

PSALM    xci.     Second  Part. 

Protection  from  death,  guard  of  angels,  vi$oi# 
and  deliverace. 

t  X7E  forts  of  men,  a  feeble  race, 
JL      Expos'd  toev'ry  fnare, 
Come,  make  the  Lord  your  dwelling  placfifc, 
And  try,  and  trufthis  care. 
S  No  ill  fhall  enter  where  you  dwell ;  '. 

Or,  if  the  plague  come  nigh, 
And  fweep  the  wicked  down  to  heiL, 
'Twill  raife  his  faints  on  high. 

3  He'll  give  his   angels  charge  to  keep 

Your  feet  in  all  their  ways  ; 
To  watch  your  pillow  while  you  fleep,  -€*f 

And  guard  your  happy  days. 

4  Their  hands  fhall  bear  you,  left  you  fall. 

And  dafh  againft  the  ftones  j 
Are  they  notiervants,  at  his  call, 
And  fent  t'attend  his  fons  ? 

5  Adders  and  lions  ye  fhall  tread  j 

The  tempter's  wiles  defeat;   . 
Ke  who  hath  broke  the  ferpent's  head^ 
Puts  him  beneath  your  feet. 

6  st  Becaufe  on  me  they  fet  their  love*  * 

"  I'll  fave  them  (faith  the  Lord) 
ct  I'll  bear  their  joyful,  fouls  above 
JHftru&ion  and  the  fwerd. 


f  14  _  P    S    A    L    M      XCII. 

7  "  My  grace  fhalJ  anfwer  when  they  cah  } 

*'  In  trouble  I'll  be  nigh} 
"  My  pow'r  ihall  help  them  when  they  fall, 
**  And  ralfe  them  when  they  die. 

8  "  Thofe  who  on  earth  my  name  have  known 

".  I'll  honor  them  in  heav'n  $ 
•'  There  my  falvation  mall  be  fhown, 
"  Aiid  endlcfs  life  Be  giv'n. 

PSALM    xcn.    Firft  part. 

A  Pfalm  for  the  Lord's  Day. 

$   QW£ET  is  the  work,  my  God, my  King! 
jO  To  praife  thy  name,  give  thanks  and  ling  ' 
To  mew  thy  love  by  morning  light. 
And  talk  or  afl  thy  truth  at  night ! 

£  Sweet  is  the  day  of  facred  reft  ; 

No  mortal  cares  .fliallfeize  my  breaft  , 
O  may  my  heart  in  tune,  be  found, 
Like  David's  harp  of  folemn  found 

5  My    heart  fhajl  triumph  in  the  Lord; 
And  bleis  his  works,  and  blefs  his  word  J 
Thy  works  of  grace,    how  bright  they  mine  I 
How  deep  thy  counfels  !  how  divine  ! 

^  Fools  never  raife  their  thoughts fo  high*; 
Like  brutes  they    live!    like  brutes  they  .die  I 
Like  grafs  they  flourim,  'till  thy  breath 
Blaft  them  in  everlafting  death! 

5  But  I  mall  iharea  glor'ouspart, 
When  grace  has  well  refin'd  my  heart* 
And  frelh  fupplies  of  joy  are  fhed, 
Like  holy  oil  tochear:my  head. 

6  Sin  (my  worft  enemy  before) 

Shall  vex  my  eyes  and  ears  no  more  j 
My  inward  foes  fh all  all  be  flain, 
Nor  fatan  break  my  peace  again. 

7  Then  mall  I  fee,  and  hear,  and  kn»w 
All  I  defir'd,  or  wifh'd  below  j 

And  ev'ry  pow'r  find  fweet  employ 
In  that  eternal  world  of  joy. 

PSALM     xcn.     Seeond  Park- 

The  church  is  the  garden  of  God. 

4  T    ORD  'tis  a  pleafant  thing  to  ftand 
l_  J  In  gardens,  planted  by  thine  hand  t 
Let  me  within  thy  courts  br.  feen 
Like  a  young  Cedar,  frc&  and  gree«f 


psalm  xctm  gi 

ft  There  grow  thy  faints  in  faith  and  love, 
jBleft  with  "thy  influence  from  a^ove  j 
Not  Lebanon,  with  alj  ts  trees. 
Yields  fuch  a  co~ely  fight  as  thefe* 

3  The  plants  of  grace  fhall  ever  live  : 
(Nature  decays,  but  grace  muit  thrive) 
Time,  which  doth  all  tlwrrgs  elfe  impair, 
Still  makes  thern  flouriih  rtrong  and  fair. 

4  Laden  wich  fruits  of  age,  they  ihew 
TheLrd  is  ho^ ■-,  juft  an^  true : 
None  who  4flHr&  his  gates  ;h all  find 
A  Coa  unfaiOTul  or  unkxnd. 

PSALM    xciii.      Firft  Metre, 

The  eternal  and  fovereign  Qod. 

J$    TEH©VAH  reigns?  he  dwells  in  light  j 
J      Girded  wkh  majefty  and  might  : 
The  wefld,  created  by  his  hands, 
1- till  en  its  firft  foundation  ftands. 

2  But  e'er  this  fpacious  earth  was  made* 
O.  had  its  firft  Inundations  iaid, 
Thy  throne  eternal  ages  flood, 

Thy  felf  the  ever  jiving  God. 
g  Like  floods  the  angry  nuons  rife, 

And  arm  their  rage  againft  the  fkies  ; 

Vain  floods,  which  arm  cheirrage  lb  high  ! 

At  thy  rebuke  the  billows  die. 
4  For  ever  mail  thy  throne  endure  ; 

Thy  promife  ftand  forever  fare  j 

And  everlafting  hoiinefs 

Becomes  the  dwelling  of  thy  grace. 

PSALM  xciii.     Second  Metre. 

3  HT'HE  Lord  of  glory  reigns  !  he  reigns  on  high  5 

X       His  robes  of  ftate  are  ftrength  and  majefty  5 
This  wide  creation  role  at  his  command  ; 
Built  by  his  word,  and  'ftablifh'd  by  his  hand: 
Long  ftood  his  throne,  e'er  he  began  cieatiortj 
And  his  own  Godhead  is  the  firm  foundation. 

»  God  is  th'  eternal  king  *•  Thy  foes  in  vain 
JRaife  their  rebeil'on  toconfouad  thy  reign  : 
la  vain  the  ibrms,  in  vain  the  floods  arife, 
And  roar,  and  tofs  their  waves  againft  the  fkies  5. 
Foaming  at  heav'n,  they  rage  with  wild  commotiorL, 
But  heav'n's  high  arches  fcorn  the  fwehing  ocean > 

3  Ye  tempefts  rage  no  moie  !  ye  floods  be  ftill  ', 
Afld  the  mad  world  fubmiflive  to  his  will ; 


n«  P  S  A  L  M   xenr. 

Built  on  his  truth,  his  church  muff  ever  rtand  i 
Firm  are  his  promises,  and  ftrong  his  band  : 
See  his  »wn  ions,  when  they  appear  before  him^ 
Bow  at  his  foot-itool,  and  with  fe-r  adore  himT 

PSALM    xciii.     Third  Metre, 

t  np HE  Lord  Jehovah  reigns, 

X        And  royal  ftate  maintains,  ,4 

His  head  with  awful  glories  crown'd  J 

Array'd  in- robes  of  light. 

Begirt  with  fov'reign  might, 
And  rays  of  majefty  around. 
2,  Upheld  by  thy  commands 

The  world  fecurely  ftands  j 
And  ikies  and  ftars  obey  thy  word  5 

Thy  throne  was  Sx'd  on  high, 

Before  the  ftarry  fey  ; 
Eternal  is  thy  kingdom,  Lord  . 

3  In  vain  the  noify  croud, 
Like  billows  fierce  and  loud, 

Again  it  thine  empire  rage  and  roar  j 

In  vain  with  angry  forte, 

The  furly  nations  fight, 
And  dafh,  like  waves  againft  the  fSore. 

4  Let  floods  and  nations  rage, 
And  all  their  pow'rs  engage. 

Let  fwelling- tide's  atfault  the  Iky  j 

The  terror  of  thy  frown 

Shalt  beit  their  madnefi  down  ; 
Thv  throm  forever  ftanas  on  high. 

5  Thy  promifesare  true, 
Thy  grace  is  ever  new; 

There  fiVd,  thy  church  maii  ne'er  remove ■-. 

Thy  faints  with  holy  fear 

Shall  in  thy  courts  appear, 
Andfing  thine  everlafting  love. 

PSALM     xciv.     Firft  Part. 

Saints  chaftifed,  andfinners  defrayed  ;  or,  inft  ructlv 

afHiftions. 

■X  T*  HE  God  to  whom  revenge  belongs 
I        Proclaims  his  wra  h  aloud  ; 
His  f^' reign  pow'rs  redrefs  our  wrongs, 
His  iudice  frpites  the  proud. 

,  Tfcev  fay,  "  T*e  Lord  nrfpes  nor  hear*; 
Vhep>ilUhefool?bewji=> 


p    S    A    L    M      XC5V.  W 

Sanhebe  deaf,  who  form'd  theirears  > 
Oi  bine,  who  made  their  eves* 
-  He  knows  their  im^ous  thoughts  are  vain, 

*  Ardchev  mail  feel  his  pow  r ;  .. 
Hit  wrathyfhal.p.eiceth«r  fouls  With  pain, 

lfi  feme  iurpriling  hour. 
,  But  when  thy  faints  deferve  rebuke, 

*  Thou  haft  f  gentler  rod? 
Thy  providences  and  thy  booK 

?  Shall  m  kethem  know  their  God, 
§  Bleftis  the  man  thy  hands  chaft lie, 
Ana  to  his  duty  draw  :  .* 

Thyicourges  make  thy  children  wife, 
When  chey  forget  thy  law.         _ 
£  But  God  will  ne'er  call  off  his  faints* 
Nor  his  own  promile  break  j 
He  pardons  his  inheritance 
'  For  their  Redeemer's  lake. 

PSALM    xciv.    Second  Part, 

God  our  fupportand  comfort  5  or,  deliverance  fxom 

temptation  and  perfecution. 

a  YTTHO  will  arife  and  plead  my  right 
W       Againft  my  numerous  foes, 
While  earth  and  hell  their  force  unite, 
And  all  my  hopes  oppofe  ? 
z  Had  not  the  Lord,  my  rock,  my  helpj. 
Suftairfd  my  fainting  head, 
My  life  bad  now  in  filencedwelt2 
My  foul  amongft  the  dead. 

3  Alas,  my  Aiding  feet!   Icry'd, 

Thy  promife  was  my  prep  ; 
Thy  grace  ftood  co  ftant  by  my  fide. 
Thy  fpiritbore  me  up. 

4  While  multitudes  of  mournful  thoughts 

Within  my  bofom  roll, 
Thy  boundlefs  love  forgives  my  faults, 
Thy  comforts  chear  my  fou!. 
4;  Pow'rs  of  iniquity  may  rife, 
And  frame  pernicious  laws  ;' 
But  God,  my  refuge,  rales  the  Ikies  J 
He  will  defend  my  caufe. 
6  Let  malice  vent  her  rage  aloud  5 
Let  bold  blafvhemer's  feoff  5 
The  Lord  our  God  wiiljudge  the  prou& 
And  cut  the  iinners  qS, 


*i3  PSALM      XGVo 

PSALM     xcv.     Common  Metres 

A  Pfalm  before  prayer. 

1  OING  to  the  Lord  Jehovah's  name, 
O     And  inhi>  ftren^th  rejoice  j 

\V  hen  his  falvation  is  our  theme, 
Exalted  be  our\oice. 

2  With  thanks  approach  his  awful  feat. 

And  piahns  of  nonor  frig  , 
The  Lore's  a  God  of  boundlefs  might, 
The  whole  creation's. King. 

3  Let  princes  hear,  let  angels  know 

How  mean  their  natures  farm, 
Thofe  Godson  high,   and  Godsibelow, 
When  once  compar'd  with  him. 
4.  Earth,  with  its  caverns  dark  and  deep, 
Lie  inhis*fpacioushand  ; 
Hehx'd  the  feas  what  bounds  to  keep, 
And  where  the.  h;ils  muft  flund 

5  Come,  and  with  humble  fou's,  adore. 

Come,  kneel  before  his  face  j 
O.  may  the  creatures  of  his  pow'r 
Be  children  of  his  grace. 

6  Now  is  the  time  '  he  bends  his  ear  j 

And  wa'-ts  for  your  requeft ; 
Come,    left  he  roufe  his  wrath,  and  fwear 
"  Ye  mail  not  fee  my  reft." 

PSALM    xcv.    Short  Metre. 

A   Pf>im  before  Sermon. 

*    /^OME,  found  his  praife  abroad  5 
V_j    And  hymns  of  glory  fing  j 
Jehovah  is  the  fov' reign  God, 
The  univerfal  King. 
Z  H<*  form'd  the  deeps  unknown  ; 
He  gave  the  leas  their  bound 
The  watry  wo  Ids  are  all  his  own  : 
And  ah*"  the  folid  ground. 
S  Come,  worihip  at  his  throne  j 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord  j 
We  are  his  works,  and  not  oui  own, 
He  form'd  us  by  his  woJd. 
4.  To  day  attend  his  voice  j 

Noi  dare  provoke  his  rod  ; 
Come, like  the  ;  eople  or  his  choicCj 
And  '-wn  your  gracioas  God. 
5  But  if  your  ears  re/ule 
'  The  language  of  h;s  ijrace3 


PSALM      XCV.  i& 

And  hearts  grow  hard,  like  ftubborn  Jews, 
That  unbelievi  g  race. 
6  The  Lord,  in  veng'ancedreft, 
Will  lift  his  hana  and  l'wear, 
*'  You  who  defnile  my  promisM  reft, 
*•  Shall  have  no  portion  there.1 '^ 

PSALM     xcv.     Long  Metre. 

Canaan  loft  through  unbelief ;  or,  A  warning 
to  delaying  finners. 

2  /^OME,  let  our  voices  join  toraife 
V^i   A  facred  fong  of  folemn  oraife  : 
God  isafov'reign  King :    rehearfe 
His  honors,  in  exalted  verfe. 

a  Come,  let  our  fouls  addrefs  the  Lord, 
Who  framM  our  natures  with  his  word  : 
He  is  our  ftiephard  5  we  the  ftieep 
His  mercy  chole,  his  paftures  keep* 

3  Come,  let  us  hear  his  voice  to-day, 
The  counfels  of  his  love  obey  ; 
Nor  let  our  hardened  hearts  renew 
The  fins  and  plagues  which  Ifr  el  knew. 

a  Ifr'el,  who  faw  his  works  of  grace, 
"    Yet  tempt  their  Maker  to  his  face  J 

A  faithlefs  unbelieving  brood, _ 

Who  ftir'd  the  patience  ot    heir  God. 
-  Thus  faith  the  Lord,  "  How  falie  they  prove  S 
5  ««  Forget  mypow'r,  abule  my  love} 

«  Since  ther  defpife  my  reft,  I  ftrear 

<<  Their  feet  mall  never  enter  there. 
[6  Look  back,  my  foul,  with  holy  dread, 

A^d  viewthofe  ancient  rebels  dead  . 

Attend  the    offer1  d_grace  to-day, 

Nor  lofe  the  bleffing  by  delay.  ^ 
7  Seize  the  kind  promife,  while  it  waits, 

And  march  to  Zlm's  Reav'nly  gates  ; 

Believe,  and  tafte  the  pt-omlsMrefi  j 

Obey,  and  be  forever  bkft.] 

PSALM     xcvi.    Common  Metrjs, 

Chrift's  firft  and  feccnd  coming* 

►  r-G  to  the  Lord,  ye  diftant  lands, 
> 

sands 


2  Q*VG  t0  tne  Lord, ye  diftant] 
O  Ye  tribes  of  ev'ry  tongue  } 
His  new    ifccver'd  grace  ceman 


A  new  and  nosier  iorg* 


^  PSALM    XCVJ, 

a  Say  to  the  nations,  Jefus  ;e;gns, 
jod  s  6wn  ainu'gftty  sxi, 
H.s  paw  r  the  Qniin    w>rl i  ia.tami, 
Ana  grace  furroun   s  h> -h-one. 

3  Let,  heav'n  proclaim  -.■-lejovful  day, 

J  >v  tVir  >  the  e*  ch  be  ieea  j 

Lee  cities  mme  in  Diight  array, 

.  A.ii  fiei  is  tn  Ciieiiiui  g;een. 

4  Let  an  a  mfualjoy  fa  pole 

rhe   flands  >f  tie  i  a  : 
Ye  m^uncuir.s  fijflt,  ye  valies  rife, 
Prepare  :be  L,ordh;s  way. 

5  Behoii :   he  comes,  he  ones  o  olefs 

r,qe  nations  as  their  God 
To  hew  toe  worl  i.his  righfoafnetej 
And  lend  his  truth  abroad. 

6  But  when   his  voice  mall  raife  the  dead,    . 

And  bid  the  world  draw  near, 

Kow  will  the  gu'ky  nation's  dread 

To  iee  their  Judge  appear  ? 

PSALM     xcvi. 

The  God  of  the  Gentiles, 

1  T    ET  all  the  earth  their  voices  raife 
JL^  To  fing  the  choiceit  pfaim  of  nraife> 

To  fingand  biefs  Jehovah's  name: 
His  glory  let  the  heathen  know, 
His  wonders  to  the  nations  ihow, 

And  all  his  faviag  w^rl-ts  proclaim- 

2  The  heathens  know  thy  glory,  Lord  j 
The  Wond'ring  nations  read  thy  word  ; 

Thefe  defarts.have  Jehovah  known  ; 
Our  worfhip  mail  no  more  be  paid 
To  gods  which  mortal  hands  h:ve  made, 

Our  Maker  is  our  God  alone. 

S  He  framM  the  globe,  he  built  the  Hey, 

He  made  the  lh^ing  worlds  on  high, 

And  reigns  complete  in  glory  there  : 
His  beams  are   majesty  and  light; 
His  beauties,  how  divinely  bright! 

His  temple,  how  divinely    fair  ! 
4  Come,  the  great  day,  the  glor'ous  hour  ! 
When  earth  mall  feel  his  faving  pow'r, 

And  barb  rous  nations  fear  his   name  ; 
Then  (hall  the  race  of  man  confeis 
The  beauty  of  his  holinefs, 

And  in  his  courts  his  grace  proclaim. 


I*   S-    A    L    M     XCVII. 
PSALM     xcvii.     Firft  Part. 

Chrift  reigning  in  heaven  and  coming  to 
judgment. 
3  TTE  reigns  ,  The  Lord,  tfie  Saviour  reigns  f 
ll    Praife  him  in  evan^eic  drains  j 
Let  the  whole  earth  in  fon5s  r?joieej 
And  difbntillands  join  their  voice. 

2  Deep  are  his  counieis  and  unknown  : 
But1  grace  and  truthfapport  his  throne  * 
Tho'  gioomy  cljuds  his  w _-ys  luncunu, 
Juflice  is  their  eternal  gr"(  und. 

3  In  robes  of  judgment,  lo  !  he  comes  ; 

Shakes  the  wide  earth,  anc:  cleaves  the  throbs  J 
Before  him  bums  devouring  fire, 
The  mountains  melt,   the  .-.as retire! 

4  His  enemies  with  foredilmay 

flee  from  the  fight,  and  ihun  the  dty  : 
Then  lift  your  he^ds   ye  laims.  on  high, 
•     Andfing,  for  your  redemption's  nigh  1 

PSALM     xcvii.     Second  Part, 

Chrift's  incarnation. 

I  HpHE  Lord  is  come,  the  heav'ns  proclaim 
JL        His  birth  j  the  nations  l^arn  his  name  j 

An  unknown  ftar  dive&s  the  road 

Of  Laftern  fages  to  theu  God. 
z  All  ye  bright  armies  of  the  /kies, 

Go,  wonhip  where  the  Sav'ioar  lies ; 

Angels  and  kings  before  him  bow, 

Thole  Gods  on  high,  and  Gods  below* 
3  Let  idols  totter  to  the  ground, 

And  their  own  wo-  fhippers  confound  s 

But  Judah  fhout,  but  Sion  fing, 

And  earth  confefsher  fov 'reign  King. 

PSALM     xcvii.     Third  Part. 
Grace  and  Glory. 

3  ^T^H' Almighty  reigns  exalted  high 
I       O'er  all  the  earth,  o'er  all  the  iky  % 

Tho'  clouds  and  darknefs  veil  his  fee,t> 

His  dwelling  is  the  mercy-feat. 
,1  O  ye  who  love  his  holy  name, 

Kate  ev'ry  work  of  fin  and  fcam.es 


r*»  P   S   A  "L   M   xcvifc 

He  guards  the  fouls  of  ail  his  friends, 
Andrrom  the  fnar£s  ofheJi  defends. 

3  Immoxta]  light,  an.l  joys,  unknown, 
Are  for  the  faints  in  darkneis  iown  j 
Thofe  glor'ous  leedsihaij  lpring  and  rife, 
And  the  bright  harveit  bleis  oui  eyes. 

4  Rejoice,  ye  right' ous^r  and  record 
Thefacred  honors  of  the  Lord  $ 
None  but  the  ioul  who  feels  his  gr*ce 
Can  triumph  in  his  hoJineis. 

PSALM    xcvii.    Common  Metre. 

(-Thrift's  incarnation,  and  the  ! aft  judgment 

I  X/'E  iflands  of  the  northern  fea, 
][        Rejoice,   the  Savioui  re  gns  ; 
his  word,  like  h re,  prepares  the  way, 
And  mountains  melt  to  plains, 
a  His  prelence  finks  the  pi  oudeft  hills. 
And  makes  thtva-lies  rife  j 
The  humble  loul  enjoys  his  Imiles, 
The  haughty  finner  dies. 

3  The  heav'ns  his  rightful  pow'r  proclaim; 

The  idol  gods  around 
Filitheii  own  worihippers  with  fliame, 
And  totter  to  the  grounds 

4  Adoring  angels,   at  his  birth j. 

Made  the  Redeemer  known; 
Thus  mall  he  come  to  judge  the  earth, 

And  angels  guard  his  throne. 
£  His  foes  mail  tremble  at  his  fight, 

And  hills  and  leas  retire  : 
His  children  take  their  unknown  flight, 

And  leave  the  world  on  fire. 
&  The  feeds  of  joy  and  glory  iown 
.    For  faints  indarknefs  here, 
Shall  rile  and  fpringin  worlds  unknown, 

And  a  rich  harveft  bear. 

PSALM    xcvii.      Firft  Part 

Praife  for   the  gofpel. 

TO  our  almighty  Maker,  God, 
New  honors  be  addreft  : 
Hi6  great  falvation  ftiines  abroad, 
And  makes  the  nations  bleft. 

5  Hefpake  the  word  to  Abra'm  iirfti 

His  truth  fulfils  his  grace  $ 


PSALM      XCVIL  J43 

The  Gentiles  make  his  name  their  truft, 

And  learn  his  right 'oufneis. 
3  Let  the  whole  earth  his  love  proclaim 

With  all  her  diff' rent  tongues  $ 
And  fpread  the  honors  of  his  name 

In  melody  and    fongs. 

PSALM     xcvn.     Firfl-    Part, 

The  Mefliah's  coming  and  kingdom* 
it    TOY  to  the  world  ;  the  Lord  is  come  ! 
J    Let  earth  receive  her  King  : 
Letev'ry  heart  prepare  him  room, 
And  heav'n  and  nature  ling. 
a  Joy  to  the  earth,  the  Saviour  reigns  ! 
Let  men  their  fongs  employ  5 
While  fields  and  floods,  rocks,  hills  and  plains^ 
Repeat  the  founding  joy. 

3  No  more  let  fins  and  forrows  grow, 

Nor  thorns  infeil  the  ground  ; 
He  comes  to  make  his"  bieflings  flow 
Far  as  the  eurfe  is  found. 

4  He  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  grace, 

And  makes  the  nations  prove' 
The  glories  of  his  right'oufnefs, 
And  wonders  of  his  love. 

PSALM     xcix.     FirftParfc, 

ChrirVs  kingdom  and  majefty., 

2  '"T^HE  God  Jehovah  reigns, 

X      Let  all  the  nations  fear, 
Let  finners  tremble  at  his  throne, 
And  faints  be  humble  there. 
a  Jefus  the  Saviour  reigns   ! 
Let  earth  adore  its  Lord  ; 
Bright  cherubs  his  attendants  ftand5 
Swift  to  fulfil  nis  word. 

3  In  Zion  is  his  throne, 

His  honors  are  divine  J 
His  church  ihail  make  his  wonders  known^ 
For  there  his  glories  fhine. 

4  How  holy  is  his  name  .  * 

How  terrible  his  praife  ! 
juftice  and  truth,  and  judgments  joLfj 
In,  ail  his  works  of  grace, 

T 


■  \ 

PSALM    xcix,    Second  Part. 
A  holy  God  worfhipped  with  reverence, 
j  T^XALT  the  Lord  our  God, 
XL,,  Andworihipathis  feet; 
His  nature  is  ail  hottnefs, 
And  rnercy  is  his  feat. 
$  When  Ifr'el  was  his  church. 
When  Aaron  was  his  prieft, 
When  Mofes  o.ry'd,  when  Sam  ei  pray'd. 
He  gave  his  people  reft. 

3  Oft  he  forgave  thei-  (ins, 

Nor  would  deftroy  their  race  ; 
And  oft  he  made  his  veng' ance  known 
When  they  abus'd  his  grace. 

4  Exalt  the  Lord  our  God, 

Whole  grace  is/till  the  fame  j 
Still  he's  a  God  of  holinefs, 
And  jealous  for  his  name. 

PSALM    C.     Flrft    Metre. 

A  plain  translation. 

Praife  to  our  Creator. 

2  X/E  nations  round  the  earth  rejoice 

JL       Before  the  Lord,  your  fov-reign  king g 
Serve  him  with  chearful  heart  and  voice,. 
With  all  your  tongues  his  glory  fing. 
a"  The  Lord  is  God  j  'tis  he  alone 

Doth  life,  and  breath,  and  being  give  J 
We  arehi9  work,  and  not  our  own  j 
The  iheep  which  on  hispaftures  live. 

3  Enter  his  gates  with  fongs  of  joy, 
With  praifes  to  his  courts  repair, 
And  make  it  your  divine  employ, 
To  pay  your  thankful  honors  there. 

4-  The  Lord  is  good  :  the  Lord  is  kind  j. 
Great  is  his  grace,  his  mercy  fure  ; 
And  the  whole  race  of  man  fhall  find 
His  truth  from  age  to  age  endure. 

PSALM    C.     Second  Metre.     A  Paraphrafc, 

jr  QING  to  the  Lord  with  joyful  voice  j 

fcj     Let  ev'ry  land  his  name  adore  j 

America  fhall  fend  thenoife 

Acrol's  the  ocean  to  the  more. 
2,  Nations  attend  before  his  throne 

With  iolemn  fear,  with  facred  joy  } . 


psalm    cr. 

'Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  aJone  : 
He  can  create,  and  he  deftroy. 
His  fov' reign  pow'r,  without  our  aid, 
iviaae  us  of  ciay  and  formM  us  men  : 
And  when,  like  wand'ring  iheep,  we  ftray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 
\  We  are  his  people,  we  his  care, 
Our  fouls  and  all  our  mor'ai  frames 

kWhat  lairing  honors  fhah  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker,  to  thy  name  ' 
We'll  croud  thy  gates  with  thankful  fong% 
High  as  the  heavns  our  voices  raife  ; 
And  earch  with  her  ten  thousand  tongue* 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  founding  praiie. 
6  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command, 
Vair  as  eternity  thy  love  j 
Firm  as  a  rock' thy  "truth  muft  ftand, 
W'hen  rolling  years  ihall  ceafe  to  move. 

S  A  L  M    CI.     Long  Metre, 
The  magistrates  pfalm. 

5  *\  /fERCY  and  judgment  are  my  long,  j 
.IV  A    And  fmce  they  both  to  thee  belongs 
My  gracious  God,  my  right'ous  King, 

To  thee  my  fongs  and  vows  I  bring. 

£  If  lam  rais'd  to  bear  the  fword, 
I'll  take  my  counielsfrom  thy  word  ^ 
Thy  jufrice  and  thy  heavenly  grace 
"Shall  be  the  patterr  of  my  ways. 

3  Let  wifdom  all  my  attions  guide, 
And  let  my  God  with  mereilde  ; 
No  wicked  thing  ftrall  dwell  with  me 
Which  may  provoks  thy  jealoufy. 

-4  No  fons  of  ilander,  rage  and  ftrife 
Shall  be  compan'ons  of  my  life 
The  haughty  look,  the  heart  of  pride, 
Within  my  doors  fhal!  ne'er  abide. 

[5  ril'fearch  the.  land,  and  raife  the  juft 
To  ports  of  honor,  wealth  and  truit  ; 
The  men  who  work  thy  holy  will, 
Shall  be  my  friends  and  fav1  rites  ftill- j 

6  In  vain  ihall  finners  hope  to  rile 
Bv  flatt'ring  or  malicious  lies  3 
And  while  the  innocent  1  guard, 
The  bold  offender  (han't  be  ipar'd. 

■<y  The  imp'ous  crew,  chat  factious  band? 
Shall  hide  their  heads,  or  quit  the  land  3     ' 
And  ah  who  break  the  public  reft, 
"Wjhiere  I  havepowtr,  mail  be  fuppreitj 


1$S  P    S    A    L    M      CI. 

PSALM    CI.     Common  Metre* 

A  pfalm  for  a  mafter  of  a  family. 

2  /^Fjuilice  and  of  grace  I  ling, 

\  J   And  pay  my  God  my  vows  ; 
Let  grace  and  juftice,  heav'nly  King» 

Teach  me  to  rule  my  houie. 
2.  Now  to  mv  tent,  O  God,  repair 

And  make  thy  fervant  wife  ; 
To  fuffer  nothing  near  me  there 

Which  fhall  offend  thine  eys. 

3  The  mar  who  doth  his  neighbour  wrong. 

By  ^al/bood  or  by  fo-ce, 
The  fcornful  eye,  the  fland'rous  tongue, 
1*11  thruft  them  from  my  doors. 

4  I'll  fcek  the  faithful  and  the juft, 

And  will  their  help  enioy  ; 
Thef-  are  the  friends  whom  I  ftia)ltruft> 
The  fervants  I'll  employ. 

5  The  wretch  who  deals  in  fly  deceit, 

I'll  not  endure  a  night : 
The  liar's  tongue  I'll  ever  hate, 
And  banifh  from  my  fight. 

6  I'll  purge  my  family  around, 

And  make  the  wicked  flee  ; 
So  flial!  my  houfe  be  ever  found 
A  dwelling  fit  for  thee. 

PSALM     en.     Firft  Part, 

A  prayer  of  the  afflicted. 

|   T  TEAR  me,  O  God,  nor  hide  thy  facea 
O     But  aniwer,  left  I  die  : 
Haft  thou  not  built  a  throne  of  grace, 
To  hear,  when  finners  cry  ? 
«  Mv  days  are  wafted,  like  the  fmoke, 
Diffoiving  in  the  air  \ 
My   ftrength  isdry'd,  my  heart  is  broke. 
And  finking  in  defpair. 
3  Mv  fpirits  flag,  like  with'ring  grafs, 
Burnt  with  exceffive  heat : 
In  fecret  groins  my  minutes  pafs, 
And  I  forged  to  ear. 
a.  As  on  f>mc  lonely  building's  top, 
The  fparrow  tells  her  moan, 
Farf-om   the  tents  orjoy  and  hope, 
I  fit  and  grieve  alone. 


PSALM    CXI. 

5  My  foul  is  like  a  wildernefs, 

Where  beafts  of  midnight,  h:>wl ; 
There  the  fad  raven  finds  her  place, 
And  there  the  fcreaming  owl. 

6  Dark  difmal  thoughts  and  boding  fears 

Dwell  in  my  troubled  bread  : 
While  /harp  reproaches  wound  my  ears. 
Nor  give  my  fpirit  reft. 

7  My  cup  is  mingled  with  my  woes, 

And  tears  are  my  repaft  j ' 
My  daily  bread  like  allies  grows 
Unpleafant  to  my  tafte. 

2  Senfe  can  afford  no  real  joy 

To  fouls  who  feel  thy  frown ; 
Lord,  'twas  thy  hand  advane'd  mehigh  j 
Thy^and  hath  caftme  down. 

3  My  locks   like  wither1  d  leaves  appear  J 

And  life's  declining  light 
Grows  faint  as  ev'ning  fhadows  are, 
Which  vaniih  into  night. 

10  But  thou  forever  art  the  fame, 

O  my  eternal  God  ! 
Ages  to  come  mail  know  thy  name, 
And  fpread  thy  works  abroad. 

11  Thou  wiltarife,  and  fhewthy  face, 

Nor  will  my  Lord  delay, 
Beyond  th'  appointed  hour  of  grace, 
That  long"  expected  day. 
32.  He  hears  his  faints,  he  knows  their  cry: 
And-  by  mifter'ous  ways, 
Redeems  the  pris'ners  doom'd  to  die, 
..Arid  fills  their  tongues  with  praife. 


PSALM     CII.     Second  Part. 
Prayer  heard,  and  Zion  reftored 

2   T     ET  Zion  and  her  Sons  rejoice, 
I    /     Behold  the  promis'd  hour  ! 
Her  God  hath  heard  her  mourning  voice, 
And  comes  t'  exaithis  pow'r. 

2  Her  duft  and  ruins  which  remain 

Are  precious  in  our  eyes ; 
Thofe  ruins  fhall  be  built  again, 
And  ail  that  duft  fhall  rife. 

3  The  Lord  will  raife  Jerufalem, 

And  ftand  in  glory  there  ; 
Nations  fhall  bow  before  his  name, 
And  kings  attend  with  fear. 
|  He  fits  a  Sovereign  on  his  throne, 
With  pity  in  his  eyes : 


C4*  PSALM    CIT. 

He  hears  the  dying  prisoners  groan, 
Ani  lees  their  ugirs  arife. 

5  He  trees  the  fouls  condemn  d  to  death  5 

And  when  his  faints  co  mplain> 
It  fhaift  be  laid  <:  that  praying  breath 
"  W«s  ever  fpent  in  v.iin."  ■ 

6  This  mail  be  known  when  we  are  dead, 

And  left  on  loog  record, 
That  ages  vet  unborn  may  read, 
And  trull  and  praife  the  Lord. 

PSALM    CI  I.      Third  Part. 

Man's  mortality,  and  Chrift's  eternity  ;  or,  Saints 
die,  but  Chrifl  and  the  Church  live. 
1   TTis  the  Lord  oar  Saviour's  hand 

JL     Weakens  our  ftrength  amidft  the  race  J 

Difeafe  ana  death,  at  his  command, 

Arreft  us,  and  cut  fhort  our  days. 
3  Spate  us,  O  Lord  !  aloud  we  pray, 

No ■-•  let  our  fun  go  down  at  noon  3 

Thy  years  are  one  eternal  day, 

And  mult  thy  children  die  10  loon  ? 
3  Yet,  in  the  midft  of  death  and  grief, 

This  thought  our  forrow  fhall  affwagei 

*•   Our  Father  and  our  Savi  >ur  live; 

■'  Chriftis  die  fame  through  ev'ry  age." 
4.  'Twas  he  this  earth's  foundation  laid  ; 

Heav  n  is  the  building  of  his  hand  3 

This  earth  grows  old,  thefe  heav'ns  fhall  fade? 

And  all  be  changed  at  thy  command. 
5  The  {tarry  cu.tansof  the  fky, 

Like  garments,  fhall  beiaid  afide  '. 

But  ftiil  thy  throne  ftands  firm  and  high} 
•   Thy  church  forever  mult  abide. 
€  Before  thy  face  thy  church  fhall  live, 
And  on  thy  throne  thy  chi.dren  reign : 

This  dying  warid  fhall  they  luivive, 

And  the  dead  faints  be  raj's'd  again, 

PSALM     CUI,     Firft  Part.     Long  Metre. 
Bleffing  God  for  his  goodnefs  to  foul  and  body.. 

S   T>  LESS,  O  my  foul!  rhc  living  God  ; 

XJ     Cali  home  thy  thoughts  which  roam  abroad  ; 

Let  all  the  powers  w,thin  me  join, 

In  wo.  k  and  worfhip  fo  divine. 
%  Blefs,  O  my  foul !   the  God  of  grace  } 

His  favors  claim  thy  higheft  praife, 

Why  fhould    he  wonders  henaih  wrOHght 

Be  loft  in  fiienc*  and forgot. 


P    S    A  <L    M    CUT.  ?$$ 

J  'Tis  he,   my  foul,  who  fent  his  Son 

To  d.tfot  er.nv  s  which  Jiou  halt  done  *9 

He  owns  the  ranibm,   and  forgives 

The  houiiy  foiliesof  our  jives. 
4.  The  vices  of  -he  mind  he  heals, 

Ana  cures  the  pains  which  nature  feeJs^ 

K.eaeems  the  loins  torn  heii,  and  laves 

Our  waiting  lite  from  threat'ning  graves^ 

5  Our  youth  decav'd  his  pow'r  repairs; 
His  mercy  ciowns  our  growing  years  t 
He  fatisfieaour  mouths  with  good, 
And  fills  our  hopes'  with  heav'nly  food* 

6  He  fees  th''  oppreffor  and  th'  oppreft,: 
And  often  give^  the  Cuff  Vers  reft  : 
But  will  hisjuitice  more  difplay 

In  the  J  aft  great  rewarding  day. 
[7  His  pow'r  he  mew' d  by  Mofes' hands, 

And  gave  to  llr'el  his  commands  5 

Butfenthis  truth  and  mercy  down 

To  ail  the  nations  Dy  his  Son. 
8  Let  the  whole  earth  his  pow'r  ccnfefs^ 

Let  the  whole  earth  adore  his  grace  : 

The  Gentile  with  the  Jew  fliali  join 

In  work  and  worfhip  fo  divine.]       , 

PSALM     cm.     Second  Part. 

God's  gentle  chaftifement  j  or,  His  tender  raeriy 

to  his  peopie. 

j  rTpHE  Lord,  how  wond'rous  are  his  ways  ! 

1      How  firm  his  truth  !  how  large  his  grace  f 

He  takes  his  mercy  for  his  throne, 

And  thence  he  makes  his  glories  known. 
S  Not  half  fo  high  his  pow'r  hath  fpread 

The  ftarry  heav'ns  above  our  head, 

As  his  rich  iove  exceeds  our  praife, 

Exceeds  the  higher!  hopes  we  raiie» 
3-  Not  half  fo  far  has  nature  plac'd    ., 

The  rifing  morning  from  theWeft^ 

As  his  forgiving  g'-ace  removes 

The  daily  guilt  of  thofe  he  loves, 
4.  rlow  flowly  doth  his  wiatharife!"  ""         * 

On  fwifter  wings  falvation  flies  ; 

And  if  he  lets  his  anger  burn, 

How  loon  his  frowns  to  pity  turn  !  _•  ^~:> 

5  Amidft  his  wrath  compaffion  mines  f 

His  ftrokes  are  lighter  than  our'fins, 

And  while  his  tod  corrects  his  faints, 

Hb  ear  indulges  their  complaints. 


i5«  psalm    enr, 

6  So  fathers  their  young  fons  chaftiie 
With  gentle  hanas  and  melting  eyes  : 
The  children  weep  beneath  the  fmart, 
And  move  the  pity  of  cheir  heart. 

PAUSE. 

7  The  mighty  God,  the  wife  the  juft, 
Knuwsthac  our  frame  is  feeble  duft  j 
And  will  no  heavy  loads  impofe 

■    Beyond  the  ftrength  which  he  beftows. 

S  He  knows  howfoon  oui  nature  dies, 
B!a>ted  by  ev'ry  wind  which  flies  : 
Like  grafs  we  lpring,  and  die  as  ioon, 
As  morning  flow  rs  which  fade  at  noon. 

o  But  his  eterna  love  is  lure 
To  all  the  lain. s.  and  fhall  endure  : 
From  age  to  a5e  his  truth  mail  reign, 
Nor  children's  children  hope  in  vain. 


PSALM    CIII.     FirftPart.    Long  Me*re<> 


--.    Praife  for  fpiritual  and  temporal  mercies 

j  f\  Biefs  the  Lord,  my  foul ! 
\^J     Let  all  within  me  join, 
And  aid  my  tongue  to  bleis  his  name> 
Whofe  favors  are  divine. 
S  O  blefs  the  Lord,  my  foul! 
Nor  let  his  mercies  lie 
Forgotten  inunthankfulnefs. 
And  without  praifes  die. 

3  'Tis  he  forgives  thy  fins, 

'Tis  he  relieves  thy  pain, 
'Tis  he  who    -eals  chy  lickneffes, 
And  makes  thee  young  again. 

4  He  crowns  thy  life  with  love, 

When  ranfom'd  from  the  grave  5  '■- 
He  who  redeem"] my  ioul  from  hell 
Hath  fov\eigu  pow'r  to  fave. 

5  He  fil  s  the  poor  with  good  } 

He  gives  the  fuff'rers  reft  $ 
The  Lo-d  h.thju  gments  for  the  proud 
And  Jufticefor  th'  oppreft. 

6  His  wond'rous  works  and  ways 

He  made  by  Mofes  known  j 
But  fent  the  world  his  truth  and  grace 
By  his  beloved  Son. 


!>  s  a  l  m  em.  in 

PSALM    cm      Second  Part. 

Abounding  companion  of  God  j  or,  Mercy  in  th« 

midft  of  judgment. 

t   \/fYfoul,  repeathiipraife 
IVI   Whofe  mercies  are  fo  great  j 
Whofe  anger  is  fa  flow  to  rife. 
So  ready  to  abate. 
%  Ood  will  not  always  chide  j 

And  when  his  frrokes  are  felt, 
His  ftrokes  are  fewer  than  our  crimes^ 
And  lighter  thia  our  guilt. 

3  High  as  the  heav'ns  are  rais'd 

Above  the  ground  we  tr<r  ad, 
So  far  the  riches  of  his  grace 
Our  higheft  thoughts  exceed* 

4  His  pow'r  fubdues  our  fins  j 

And  his  forgiving  love  ; 
Far  as  the  Eaft  is  from  the  Weft) 

Doth  all  our  guilt  remove. 
^The  pity  of  the  Lord 

To  thofe  who  fear  his  name, 
Is  fuch  as  tender  parents  feel  j 

He  knows  our  feeble  frame. 

6  He   knows  we  are  but  dure, 

Scatter' d  with  ev'ry  breath  : 
His  anger,  like  arifing  wind, 
Can  fend  us  fwift  to  death. 

7  Our  days  are  as  the  grafs, 

Or  like  the  morning  flow'r  ; 
If  one  (harp  blaft  iweep  o'er  the  field, 

It  withers  in  an  hour.  - 
But  thy  companions,  Lord, 

To  endlels  years  enuure  ; 
And  children's  children  ever  find 

Thy  words  of  promife  lure. 

PSALM    cui.    Third  Part, 

Cod's  univerfai  dominion }  or,  Aagels  pralfe 
the  Lord. 

X  npHE  Lord,  the  foY'reig*  King;, 
J.        Hath  fcx'd  his  throne  on  high  : 
Ocr  aJl  the  heav'nly  world  he  rales, 
And  all  beneath  the  iky. 
*  Ye  angels,  great  in  might, 
«£fl4  fwlft  Co  do  his  wiJJ, 


fji  p  s.a  t  m    enr, 

Blefs  ye  trie  Lord,  whofe  voice  you  hear, 

Whofe  pleafures  ye  fulfil. 
g*  Let  the  bright  hofts  who  wait 

The  orders  of  .their  King^- 
And  guard  his  churches   when  they  p*ay, 

Join  in  the  praife  they  ftng 
4  While  all  his  wond'rous  works 

Thro'  his  vaft  kingdom  fhew 
Their  Maker's  glory,. thou,  my  foul, 

Shalt  iing  his  graces  loo. 

PSALM    civ. 

"W  ... 

The  glory  of  God  in  creation  and  providence, 

1  %  jtY  foul,  thy  great  Creator  praife  } 
JVJL  When  cloath'd  in  his  celeft'al  rays  j 
He  in  full  majefty  appears, 

And  like  a  robe  his  glory  wears. 

Note,  This.pfalm  may  befungto  St.  Hellen's  tune,  lj_ 
adding  the  following  lines  to  each  ftanza,  viz. 

Crreat  is  the  Lord,  what  tongue  can  frame 
r  Aaecjual  honor  to  his  name  ? 

(Otherwise  it  may  be  fung  to.  any  Long  Metre  tuae.  J 

2  The  heav'nsare  for  his  curtains  fpread  j 
Th'  unfathom'd  deep  he  makes  his  bert^ 
Clouds  are  his  char'ot,  when  he  flies. 

v  On  winged  ftorms  a-crofs  the  ikies. 
j;  Angels,  whom  his  own  breath  infpires, 

His  minifters  are  naming  fires  ;     . 

And  fwift  as  thought,  their  armies  move3 
a  To  bear  his  veng'anceor  his  love,. 
4  The  world's  foundations  by  his  hand 

Are.pois'd,^and  lha!l  forever  ftand  j 

He  binds  the  ocean  in  his  chain, 
.  Left  it  fhould  drown  the  world  again. 
§  When  earth  was  covered  with  the  flood. 

Which  high  above  the  mountains  flood, 

He  thunder'd,  and  the  ocean  fled, 
.  Connn'd  to  its  appointed  bed, 
€  The  dwelling  billows  know  their  bound, 

And  in  their  channels  walk  their  round  : 

Yet  thence  conreyM  by  fecret  veins, 

They  fpringon  hills,  and  drench  the  plaint 
f  He  bids  the  cryftal  fountains  flow  j 

And  cheer  the  rallies  as  they  go  ; 

Tame  heifers  there  their  thirft  alia  "* 
m  And  for  the  ftreamwild  afles  h.*«y.* 
y  From  pleaiant  trees  which  fliaJe  the  brink. 

The  lark  and  lionet  )\zhx  to  drink  i 


P    S    A    L    M    CV*  ?S3 


The'r  fqngs  the  lark  and  linnet  raifii, 
And  chide  our  filence  in  his  praife. 

P    A    U    S    E. 

$  God,  from  hig  cloudy,  cittern,  poufs 
On  the  parch' d  earth  enriching  fhow'rs 
The  grove,  the  garden,. and  the  field, 
A  thoufand  joyful  bieffings  yeilds. 

10  He  makes  the  graffy  foodarife, 
^  And  gives  the  cattle  large  fupplie*  ; 
With  herbs  for  man  of  var'ous  pow'i> 
To  nourilh  nature,  or  to  cure.  '    * 

3i  What  n'obTe'fruit  the  vines   produce! 
The  olive-yeilds  a  ihining  juice; 
Our  hearts  are  cheeY-d  with  gen'rous  wlne^ 
With  inward  joy  our  facts- ihine.  -  *j 

12.  O  blefs  his  name,  ye  nations  fed 
■i  With  nature's  chief  fupporter,  bread  : 
While  bread  your  vital ftrength  imparts^ 
Serve  him  with  vigor  in  your  hearts, 

PAUSE. 


13  Behold  the  Mutely  cedar  ftands, 
=  Rais'd  in  the*Vbreft  by  his  hands  j 
Birds  to  the  boughs  for  flielterfly, 
And  build  their-nefts  fecureon  high» 

$4  To  craggy  hills  afcends  the  goat  $     * 

^  And  at  the  airy  mountain's  foot, 
The  febler  creatures  make  their  cell  j 
He  gives  them  wifciom  where  to  dwell.  ' 

15  He  fets  the  ffrif  his  circling  race, 
-  Appoints  the  moon  to  change  her  face  3 
And  when  thick  darknefs  veils  the  day,  5 
Calis  out  wild  beafts  to  hunt  their  prey.  - 

l5  Fierce  lions  lead  their  young  abroad, 
-And  roaring,  afk  their  -reet  from  God  § 
But  when  the  morning  beams  arife3     •  -«§ 
The  favage  beaft  to  covert  flies.       -4» 

\j  Then  man  to  daily  labour  goes  : 

•    The  night  was  made  for  his  repofg  2 
Sleep  is  thy  gift,  that  fweet  relief 
From  tirelome  toil  and  vvafting  griefi 

jjS  How  ftrange  thy  works  !   how  great  thy  fki&l 
-And  evVy  land  thy  riches  fill  :  -'  J  - 

Thy  wifdom  round  the  world  we  fee, 
This  fpacious  earth  is  full  of  thee. 

19  Nor  lefs  thy  glories  in  the  deep, 
-Where  Mi  in  millions  fwim  and'  creep* 


144  PSALM     •»• 

With  wond'rous  motions  fwift  or  flow. 
StiJi  wand'ring  in  the  gaths  below. 
ao  There  ihips  divide  their  watry  way, 
And  flocks  of  fcaly  monfters  pi  y; 
There  dwells  the  huge  Leviathan, 
And  foams  and  fporis  in  fpite  of  man. 

P    A    17    &    E    III. 

*l  Vaft  are  thy  works,  almighty  Lord  ! 

All  nature  refts  upon  thy  word* 

And  the  whole  race  of  creatures  ftand 

Waiting  their  portion  from  thy  hand. 
%%  While  each  receives  his  diff'rent  food, 

Their  chearful  looks  pronounce  it  good  : 

Eagles  and  bears,  and  whales  and  worms, 

Rejoice  ^ndpraife  in  diff'rent  forms. 
*3  But  when  thy  face  is  hid,  they  mourn, 

And  dying  to  their  dull  return  ; 

Both  man  and  beaft  their  fouls  rcfign  ; 

Life,  breath  and  fpirit,  ali  are  thine- 
»4  Yet  thou  canft  breathe  on  duft  again, 

And  fill  the  earth  with  beafteandmen  ; 

A  word  of  thy  creating  breath 

Repairs  the  waftes  of  time  and  death. 
»5  His  works,  the  wonders  of  his  might, 

Are  honor' d  with  his  own  delight  : 

How  awful  are  his  gior'ous  ways  ! 

The  Lord  is  dreadful  in  his  praife. 
»6  The  earth  ftands  trembling  at  thy  ftroke.* 

And  at  thy  touch  the  mountains  fmoke  ; 

Yet  humble  fouls  msy  fee  thy  face, 

And  tell  their  want  to  fov'reign  grace. 
27  In  thee  my  hopes  and  wifhes  meet, 

And  make  my  meditations  fweet  : 

Thv  praifesmall  my  breath  employ, 

'Till  it  expires  in  ehdlefs  joy. 
2%  While  haughty  finners  die  aceurft, 

Their  glory  bury'd  with  their  duft, 

I  to  my  God,  my  heav'nly  King, 

Immortal  hallelujahs  Zing. 

PSALM    CV.    Abridged. 

God's  conduA  to  Ifrael,  and  the  plagues  of  Egyft. 
l  £***  •  VE  thanks  to  God,  invoke  his  name, 
VT     And  teH  the  world  his  grace  : 
Sound  through  the  earth  his  deeds  of  fame> 
That  all  may  feek  his  face. 
8  His  cov'nant  which  he  kept  in  !hi»d 
For  num'rous  ago  paft> 


P    3    A    L    M    CV. 

The  num'rous  ages  yet  behind, 

In  equal  force  Jnall  lait. 
Hefware  to  Abr'am  and  nis  feed, 

And  made  the  blefling  fure  ; 
Gentiles  the  ancient  promife  read, 

And  find  his  truth  endure. 
4  "  Thy  feed  mall  make  all  nations  bleft, 

(Said  the  almighty  voice) 
41  And  Canaan's  land  mail  be  their  reft, 

"  The  type  of  heav'nly  jays." 
[5  How  large  the  grant !  how  rich  the  grace  J 

To  give  them  Canaan's  land, 
When  they  were  ftrangers  in  the  place, 

A  little  "feeble  band  . 

6  Like  pilgrims  thro'  the  countries  round, 

Securely  they  remov'd, 
And  haughty  kings  who  on  them  frown'd5 
Severely  he  reprov'd. 

7  u  Touch  mine  anointed,  and  my  arm 

u  Shall  foon  revenge  the  wrong ; 
"  The  man  who  does  my  prophets  harm, 

"  Shall  know  their  God  is  ftrong.1* 
i  Then  let  the  world  forbear  its  rage, 

Nor  put  the  church  in  fear  ; 
Ifr'el  muft  live  thro'  ev'ry  age. 

And  be  th'  Almighty's  care.  J 

PAUSE    I. 

9  When  Pharaoh  dar'dto  vex  his  faints, 
And  thus  f  rovok'd  their  God  ; 
Mofes  was  fent  at  their  complaints, 
Arm'd  with  his  dreadful  rod. 
SC  Hecali'd  fordarknefs;   darknefs  came, 
Like  an  o'erwhelming  flood  ; 
He  turn'd  each  lake,  and  ev'ry  ft  re  am, 
To  lakes  and  ftreams  of  blood. 

11  He  gave  the  fign,  and  noifome  flies 

Thro'  the  whole  country  fpread  j 
And  frogs  in  croaking  armies  rife 
About  the  monarch's  bed, 

12  Thro'  fields  and  towns,  a~d  palaces, 

The  tenfold  vengeance  flew  ; 
Locufts  in  fwarms  devour'd  their  trees, 
And  hail  their  cattle  Hew  ; 
$3  Then  by  an  angel's  midnight  ftroke 
The  flow'r  of  Egypt  dy'd  ; 
The  ftrength  of  ev'ry  houle  was  brofep* 
Their  glory  and  their  pride* 


?$  M    A    L    Jl      CVI. 

U  Now  let  the  world  forbear  its  rage, 

Nor  put  the  church  In  fear  : 
Ifr  el  muft  live  through  ev  ry  a2e    ' 
And  be  th'  Almighty's  care. 

P    A    U    S    E    II. 

,S  ^hndl«^thltribeS  fromb^d^e  brought 
And  left  the  hated  ground  ;  '   '• 

■tach  fome  Egyptian  fpoils  had  got/ 
Andnotonefeeblefound. 

^nd^  tLm^!fchore  out  ^eir  way, 
And  mark  d  their journies  right; 
GavethemaleadingJclo1adby  day/        *' 
„  ^"^7.  g^de  by  night. 

Sr^kf^  ^waters  from  the  rock 

in  rich  abundance  flow,    : 
And  following  ftil  1  the  co.rfe  they  took,  ' 
Ran  all  the  defart  through.       '  ' 

18  O  wond'rous  ftream  !  O  blelTed  type     "* 
c  O'  eyer-flowing  grace!  /f 

So  Chnft  our  Rock  maintains  our  life 
Inro   all  this,  wildernefs. 

19  Thus  guarded  by  th' Almighty  hand, 

I  he  chofen  tribes  pofieft 
Canaan,  the  rich,  the  promis'd  land  : 
And  there  enjcy'd  their  reft. 
2©  Then  let  the  world  forbearits  rage 
•  Tbe  church  renounce  her  fear  ;    * 

ifr  el  muft  live  through  ev'ry  age 
And  be  th'  Almighty's  care.     \ 

PSALM    cvi.     Firft  Part. 

Praife  to  God  ;  or,  Communion  with  faint3je 
I  HpO  Ged  the  Great,  the  ever  bleft 
1      Let  fongs  of  honor  be  addreft  •' 
His  mercy  firm  forever  ftands  j  ' 

Give  him  the  thanks  his  love  demands, 
a  Who  knows  the  wonders  of  his  ways 
Who  fliall  fulfil  thy  boundieis  pr/fe  > 
Bleft  are  the  louls  who  fear  thee  ftiU 
And  pay  their  duty  to  thy  will. 

3  Remember  wht  thy  mercy  did 

F  >r  Jacob's  race,  thy  chofen  feed  • 
An  i  with  the  fame  falvation  kiefs' 
The  meaneftfupppant  of  chy grace. 

4  O  may  I  fee  thy  tribes  rejoice, 

And  aid  their   triumphs  with  my  void  J 


4,  PSALM      CVL  jtM 

This  Is  my  glory,  Lord,  to  be 
Join'd  to  thy  iaints,  and  ne  .r  to  thee. 

P  S  A  L  M    cvi.     Second  P- rt. 

tfrael  puniihed  and  pardoned  j  or,  God's  unchangeable 

love. 

J  jjpf  OD  of  eternal  love, 

VT  How  fickle  are  our  ways,! 
And  yet  how  oft  dia  IiVel  prove 
Thy  conifcmcy  of  grace  ? 

2  They  law  thy  wonders  wrought, 

■    And  then  thy  prahethey  lun^  $    -.« 
But  loon  thy  works  of  pow'i  forgot, 
And  murmur'd  with  their  tongue. 

3  Now  they  believe  hrs  word, 

While  rocks  with  rivers  flow- j 
Now  with  [heir  lufts  pravoke  the  Lord» 
And  Ire  reduc'd  them  low. 

4  Yet  when  they  mourn'd  their  faults 
.   He  hearken'd  to  their  groans,-  . 
Brought  his  own  cov'n'ant  to  his  thoughts i- 

,      And  cali'd  them  ftill  his  fons. 
3  Their  names  were  in  his  book, 
He  fay'd  them  from  their  foes  - 
Oft  he  chaitis'd  but  ne'er  forfook* 
.       The  people  whom  chofe. 
%  Let  lfr'elbtefs  the  Lord, 

A^hc°u0tdthe-h  ^^ntracej     ...." 
And  Chriltjaris^in  the  folemn  word  ' 
Amento^Il  thepraife.'  ' 

PSALM    cvii.    Firft  part# 
Ifrael  led  to  Canaan  and  Chriitians  to  Heaven'  - 

And  ages  long  to  come  ihall  own. 

2  Let  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord-        / 

The  wonders  of  his  grace  record  : 

t  *3L  5? d  from  their  m]shty  ***• ' 

A  Wild  and  folitary  ground  ! 


i$S  PSALM     CYU» 

*  There  tfrey  could  find  no  leading  road, 
Nor  city  for  a  fix'd  abode  } 
Nor  food,  nor  fountain  to  afluage 
Their  burning  thirft,  or  hunger's  rage. J 

5  In  their  diftrefs  to  God  they  cryM  ; 
Goi  was"  their  Saviour  and  their  guide  5 
He  led  their  march  far  wandering  round  ; 

*  f  was  the  right  path  to  Canaan's  ground* 

6  Thus  when  our  firft  releafe  we  gain 
From  fin's  old  yoke,  and  fatans  chain, 
We  have  this  defart  world  to  pafs, 

A  dangerous  and  a  tirefome  place. 

7  He  feeds  and  cloaths  us  all  the  way, 
He  guides  o«r  footfteps,  left  we  ftray. 
He  guides  us  with  a  pow'rful  hand, 
And  brings  us  to  the  heav'nly  1  and. 

8  O  let  the  (Yints  with  joy  record 

The  truth  and  goodnefs  of  the  Lord  ! 
How  great  his  works  !  how  kind  his  ways  I 
Let  every  tongue  p  roaouncc  his  praife. 

PSALM     CVII.     Second  Part. 

Correction  for  fin,  and  reieafe  by  prayer. 

I  TT^ROM  age  to  age  exalt  his  name, 
J*      God  and  his  grace  are  dill  the  fams ; 
He  fills  the  hungry  foul  with  food, 
And  feeds  the  poor  with  every  good. 
%  But  if  their  heart*  rebel  and  rife 
Againft  the  God  who  rules  thefkies, 
If  thev  reject  hii  heavenly  word, 
And  flight  the  counfels  of  the  Lord. 

X  He'll  bring  their  fpirits  to  the  ground, 
And  no  deliverer  (hall  be  found  j 
L?den  with  grief  they  waite  their  breath 
In  darkneis,  and  the  fhades  of  death. 

4  Then  to  the  Lord  they  raife  their  cries, 
He  makes  the  dawning  light  arife, 
And  fcatters  ail  the  diima)  Aade 
Which  hungfo  heavy  round  their  h«ad, 

e  He  cuts  the  bars  of  brafs  in  two, 

And  lets  the  fmiling  prifoners  through  j 
Takes  off  the  load  of  guilt  and  grief, 
And  gives  the  labouring  loul  relief. 

6  O  may  the  Ions  of  men  record, 

The  wonderous  goodnefs  of  the  Lord  ! 
How  great  his  works  !    how  kind  his  waysi 
Let  ev'ry  tongue  pronounce  his  praife. 


PSALM    CVII.  2j9 

PSALM     CVII.     Third  Part. 

Intemperance  punifhed  and  pardoned  ;  or,  aPfalrnfsr 
the  glutton  and  the  drunkard. 

I   T  TAIN  man  on  foolifli  pleafures  bent 
V       Prepares  for  his  own  punlfhment  j 

What  pains,  whatloathfome  maladies 

From  luxury  and  luft  arife  ! 
9.  The  drunkard  feels  his  vitals  wafte  ; 

Yet  drowns  his  health  to  pleafe  his  tafte| 

'Till  all  his  active  pow'rs  are  loft,  t 

And  fainting  life  draws  near  the  duft. 

3  The  glutton  groans,  and  loaths  to  eat* 
Hi«  foui  abhors  delicious  meat  j 
Nature  with  heavy  loads  oppreft, 
Would  yield  to  death  to  get  releas'd. 

4  Then  how  the  frighted  finners  fly 
To  God  for  help,  with  earner!  cry  ! 

He  hears  their  groans,  prolongs  their  breathy 
And  faves  them  from  approaching  death. 

5  No  med'cine  could  effect  the  cure 
So  quick,  fo  eafy,  or  fo  fure  : 
The  deadly  fentence  God  repeals, 

He  fends  his  fov'reign  word  and  healst 
(5  O  may  the  fons  of  men  record 

The  wond'rous  goodnefs  of  the  Lord, 
And  let  their  thankful  off 'rings  prove 
How  they  adore  their  Maker's  iove. 

PSALM    CVII.      Fourth  Part.     Long  M^tre* 

Deliverance  from  ftorms  and  mipwreck  j   or,  the 
fearaan's  fong 

I  TT  7QULD  you  behold  the  works  of  God, 
VV       His  woaders  in  the  world  abroad, 

Go  with  the  mariners  and  trace 

The  unknown  regions  of  the  feas. 
s  They  leave  their  native  mores  behind, 

And  fieze  the  favor  of  the  wind  ; 

'Till  God  commands,  and  tempefts  rife^ 

Which  heave  ihe  ©cean  to  the  fides. 

3  Now  to  the  heav'ns  they  mount  amain  j 
Nor  fink  to  dreadful  deeps  again  ; 
What  ftrange  affrights  young  failors  feel3 
And  like  a  ftagg'ring  drunkard  reel  ! 

4  When  land  i«  far,  and  death  is  nigh, 
Loft  to  all  hope,  to  God  they  cry  j 
His  mercy  hears  their  loud  addrels, 
Asd  fends  faJYation.  indiftrefs. 

w 


*»  p  s  a  t  m  crn, 

5  lid  bid*  the  winds  their  wrtth  afiuage, 
The  rtkfious  waves  forget  their  rage  } 
*Tis  calm  j  an  j  failors  fmile  to  fee 
The  haven  where  they  wilh'd  to  bc» 

6  O  may  the  fons  of  men  record 

The  wond'rous  goodnefs  of  the  Lord  ; 
Let  them  their  private  off 'rings  bring. 
And  in  the  church  his  glory  fing. 

PSALM    CVII.     Fourth  Part..    Comraea  Mer, 
Thefl&ariner's  pfiahji. 

J  'TpHY  works  of  glory,  mighty  Lord, 
J.        Thy  wonders  in  the  deeps,. 
The  fons  of  courage  Avail  record  j 
Where  rolling  ocean  fleeps. 
4  At  thy  command  the  winds,  arife, 
And  fwell  the  tow'ring  waves  5 
The  men  aftoniuVd  mount  the  flcies, 
And  fink  in  gaping  graves. 
[3  Again  they  climb  the  watry  hills, 
And  plunge  in  deeps  again  : 
Each  like  a  tottYmg  drunkard  reels, 
And  finds  his  courage;  vain. 

4  Frighted  to  hear  the  tempeft  roar. 

They  pant  with  flutt'ring  breath  ; 
And  hopelefs  of  the  diftant  more, 
Expedt  immediate  death.] 

5  Then  to  the  Lord  they  raife  their  crias  $ 
'  He  hears  the  loud  requeft  ; 

And  orders  filence  through  the  fkica> 
And  lay  the  flood  to  reft. 

6  Sailors  rejoice  to  lofe  their  fears, 

And  fee  the  ftorm  allay'd  : 
Now  to  their  eyes  t^-e  port  appears, 
There  let  their  vows  be  paid. 

7  'Tis  God  who  brings  .them  fafe  to  land:j 

Let  ftupid  mortals  know 
That  waves  are  under  his -command, 
i      And  all  the  wind*  which  blow. 
J  O  that  the  fons  of  men  would praife 
The  goodnefs  of  the  Lord ! 
And  thofe  who  fee  thy  wcmdVoui  ways 
Thy  wond'rous  love  record  ! 

PSALM    OVII.    fc*ft.P**t. 
I 

Colonies  planted  j  or,  nationi  bleft  aridpwnitfidi* 
j    ;  A  pfalm  for  New-En GLANp. 

-  \Sk7tf&&  .God,  provokNr'with  daring  crimrs, 
W      Scourging  the  madnefs  of  frhe  times* 


P    S    A    L    U._  CIX- 

He  turns  their  fields  to  barren  fand. 
And  dries  the  rivers  from  the  land. 

2  His  word  can  raile  the  fprings  again. 
And  make  the  withered  mountains  green -3 
Send  fhow'ry  bleffings  from  the  ikies, 
And  harveits  in  the  defarts  rife, 

jj  Where  nothing  dwelt  but  beafts  of  prey, 
Or  men  as  fieice  and  wild  as  they, 
He  bids  th"  oppreft  and  poar  repair, 
And  build  them  towns  and  cities  there. 

4  They  fow  the  fields,  and  trees  they  plant, 
Whofe  yearly  frui*-  fupplies  their  want : 
Their  race  grows  up  from  fruitful  frocks^ 
Their  wealth  increafes  with  their  flocks* 

5  Thus  they  are  bleftj  fcutif  they  fin 
He  lets  the  heathen  nations  in  j 

A  favage  crew  invades  their  lands, 
Their  children  die.  by  barh'rous  hands* 

6  Their  captive  fons,  expos'd  to  fcorn, 
Wander  unpitied  and  forlorn  : 
The  country  lies  unfenc'd,  unttiTd, 
And  defolation  fpreads  the  field. 

7  Yet  if  the  humbled  nation  mourns^ 
,  Again  his  dreadfal  band  he  turns} 

Again  he  makes  their  cities  thrive, 
And  bids  their  dying  churches  live.  J 

8  Theyrighteous  with  a  joyful  fenfe    . 
Admire  the  works  cf  providence  ; 
And  tongues  of  ath'efts  fhall  no  more 
Blafpheme  the  God  whom  faints-adore* 

g  Row  few  with  pious  care  record 
The  wond/rous  dealing  of  the  Lord  ! 
But  wife  obierveRt  frill  mall  find 
The  Lord  is  holy,  juft  and  kind. 

P  SAL  H     cix* 

Love  to  enemies  from  the  example  of  Chr'riL 

1  S~H  OD  of  my  mercy  and  my  praifej 
KjDT  Thy  glory  is  my  fong  j 
Tfio'"  finners  fpeak  againft  thy  grace 

with  a  blafpheming  tongue, 

2  When  in  the  form  of  mortal  maa 

Thy  Son  on  earthwas  found. 

With  cruel  flanders  faife  and  vain 

They  compafs'd  him  around. 

g'fheir  mis'ries  his  companion  ruovs^ 

'  Their  peace  he  ftlll  purfu'd  ; 


tH  PSALM    CX. 

They  render  hatred  for  his  love, 
nni  evil  for  his  good. 
4.  Their  maiice  rag'd  wkhout  acaufe  j 
He,  w  th  his  dying  breath, 
Piay'd  foi  his  murd  rers  on  the  cro^i 
And  bleft  his  foes  in  death. 
5  Lord,  {hall  fhy  bright  example  iYine 
In  vain  before  my  eyes  ? 
Give  me  a  foul  a-kin  to  thine, 
To  love  my  enemies  ! 
$  The  Lord  Ihali  on  my  fide  engage, 
And  in  my  S.  viourfs  name, 

I  lhaii  uefeat  their  pride  and  rage 

Who  /lander  and  conuemn. 

PSALM     ex.     Firft  Part.    Long  Metre. 

Chrift  exalted,    and  multitudes  converted  ;  or,  The 
fuccefs  of  the  gofpel, 

I  rT^HUS  the  eternal  Father  fpake 

I      To  Chrift  the  Son  j  «  Afcend  and  fit 
"  At  my  right-hand,  'till  I  ihall  make 
**  Thy  foes  fubmiffive  at  thy  feet. 

a  '*  From   Zion  ihall  thy  word  proceed, 
'  "  Thy  word,  the  lceptre  in  thy  hand, 
"  Shall  make  the  hearts  of  rebels    bleed, 
"  And    bow  their  wills  to  thy  command. 

g  ft  That  day  fhall   fhew  thy  pow'ris  great, 
M  When  faints  Ihall  flock  with  willing  mind*, 
*'  And  fmners  croud  thy  temple-gate, 

II  "Where  holinefs  and  beauty   fhines.  ** 
4.  O  h.'efled  pow'r  !   O  glorous  day  ! 

What  a  large  vicVry  ihall  enfue  : 
And  converts,  who  thy  grace  obey, 
Exceed  the  drops  of  morning  dew. 

PSALM    ex.     Second  Fart. 
The  kingdom  and  priefthood  of  Chrift. 

*  '"TpHUS  the  great  Lord  of  earth  and  fea 
I      Sp  ike  to  his  Son,  and  thus  he  iwore  j 

"  Eternal  ihall  thy  priefthood  be, 

"  A  ^d  change  from  hand  to  hand  no  mole, 
3,  u   Aaron  and  all  his  fons  muft  die  : 

"  Rut  everlafting  life  h  thine, 

*'  To  fave  for  ever  thofe  who  fly 

<*  For  relugefrom  the  wrath  divine. 


PSALM      CX.  163 

$  "  By  me  Melchifedek  was  made 
*'  On  earth  a  king  and  prieft  at  once  j 
"  And  thou,  my  heav'nly  Prieft,  mail  plead  j 
"  And  thou,  my  King,  ihalt  rule  ray  ions.  " 

4  Jefus  the  prieft  afcends  his  throne, 
While  connleis  of  eternal  peace 
Between  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
Proceed  with  honor  and  fuccefs. 

5  Thro'  the  whole  earth  his  reign  fhall  fpread, 
And  crufh  the  pow'rs  which  dare  rebel  : 
Then  fhall  hejudge  the  riling  dead, 

And  fend   the  guilty  world  to  hell. 

6  Tho'  while  he  treads  his  glor'ous  way. 
He  drinks  the  cup  of  tears  and  blcoa, 
The  fufFrings  of  that  dreadful  day 
Shall  but  advance  him  near  to  God* 

PSALM     ex.     Common  Metre. 
Chrift's  kingdom  and  priefthood. 

X    TESUS,  our  Lord,  afcend  thy  throne, 
jj!    And  near  thy  Father  fit; 
in  Zionfhalithy  pow'rbe  known, 
And  make  thy  foes  fubmit. 

2  What  wonders  fhall  thy  gcfpel  do  ! 

Thy  converts  fhall  furpals 
The  num'rous  drops  of  morning  dew, 
And  own  thy  fov'reign  grace. 

3  God  hath  pronoune'd  a  firm  decree,  _ 

Nor  changes  what  he  iwore  ; 
"  Eternal  fhall  thy  priefthood  be, 
(e  "When  Aaron  is  no  more. 

4  <«  Melchifedek,  that  wond'rous  prieft, 

"  That  King  cf  high  degree, 
"  That  holy  man  who  AbVham  bleft, 
"  Was  but  a  type  cf  thee." 

5  Jefus  our  Prieft  forever  lives 

To  plead  for  us  above  ; 
Jefus  our  King  forever  gives 
The   bleflings  of  his  love. 

6  God  fhall  exalt  his  glor'ous  heod, 

And  his  high  throne  maintain. 
Shall  ftrike  the  pow'rs  and  princes  dead 
Who  dare  oppofe  his  reign. 

PSALM    cxr.     Second    Part. 


*S 


The  wifdom  of  God  in  his-  works. 
ONGS  of  immortal  praife  belong 
To  my  almighty  God  ; 


,64  PSALM    CXL 

He  has  my  heart,  and  he  my  tongue, 
To.  fpread  his  na;ne  abroad, 
a  How  great  the  works  his  hand  haj  wrought  I 
How  gior'ous   in  our  fight, 
Good  meninev'ry  age  have  fought 
His  wonders  with  delight. 
3  How  moft  exaft  is  nature's  frame  ! 
How  wife  th'  eternal  mind  ! 
His  counfels  never  change  the  fcheme 
Which  his  firft  thoughts  defign'd. 
4.  When  he  redeemed  his  chofen  fons, 
HefiVd  his  cov'naut  fure  : 
The  orders  which  his  lips  pronounce, 
To  endiefs  years  enduie. 

5  Nature  and  time,  and  earth  and  ikies, 

Thy  heav'nly  fkili  proclaim  ; 

What  fhallwedo  to  make  us  wife, 

But  lean*  to  read  thy  name  ? 

6  To  fear  thy  pow'r,  to  truft  thy  grace, 

Is  our  divineft  /kill  $ 
And  he's  the  wifeft  of  our  race 
Who  b£ft  obeys  thy  will. 

PSALM     czi.    Second    Pate. 

The  perfections  of  God. 


t  #"^1  RE  AT  is  the  Lord  :  his  works  of  mi|ht 
VjT.  Demand  our  nobleft  fongs  i 
Lee  his  afTembled  faints  unite 
Their  harmony  of  tongues , 
*  Great  is  the  mercy  of  the  Lord, 
He  gives  his  children  food  j 
And,   ever  mindful  pf  his  word, 
He  makes  his  promife  good. 

3  His  Son  the  great  .Redeemer,  came 

To  feal  his  cov'nant  fure: 

Holy  and  rev'rend  is  his  name, 

His  ways  arejuftand  pure. 

4  Thofe  who  would  grow  divinely    wife> 

Muft  with  his  fear  begin  ; 
Our  fairefr.  proof  of  knowledge  lies 
In  hunting  tt'fy  fin. 


jTpH 


PSALM    CXII. 

The  blemngs  of  the  liberal  mai, 

AT  man  is  bleftwho  ftands  in  awe 
Of  God,  and  iove«  b±%  fortd  law  j 


PSALM      CXil. 

His  feed  on  earth  ft  all  be  renown'd  } 
His  houfe  the  feat  of  wealth  {hall  be, 
Aa  uncxhaufted  tre^.fury,  > 

And  with  fucceiuve  honors  crown  d. 
His  liberal  favors  he  extends, 
Tofome  he  gives,  toothers  lends  : 

A  generous  pity  fills  his  mind  : 
Yet  what  his  charity  impairs, 
He  faves  by  prudence  in  affairs, 

And  thus  he's  juft  to  all  mankind.      . 
I  His  hands,  while  they  his  alms  beftow'dj 
His  glory's  future  harveft  fow'd  $ 
.   The  fweet  rememb'rance  of  the  juft. 
Like  a  green  root  revives  and  bears 
A  train  of  bleffings  for  his  heirs, 
"When  dying  nature  fleeps  in  diift. 
£  Befet  with  threat'ning  dangers  round, 
Unmov'd  fh all  he  maintain  his  ground, 
His  confcience  holds  his  courage  up£ 
The  foul  that's  fill'd  with  virtue's  light 
Shines  brighter!  in  affliction's  night, 
And  fees  in  darknefs  beaaw  of  hope. 

P    A    U    S    E. 

£5  111  tiding!  never  can  furptife 

The  heart  which  fix'd  on  God  relief, 
\        Though  waves  and  tempefts  roar  around,: 
Safe  on  the  rock  he  fits,  and  fees 
The  fhipwreck  of  his  enemies, 
i      And  ail  their  hopes  and  glory  dr,own*d« 
%  The  wicked  {hall  his  triumph  fee, 
And  gnafh  their  teeth  in  agony, 

To  find  their  expectations  croft  ; 
They  and  their  envy,  pride  and  fpite, 
Sink  down  to  ever! afting  night, 
And  all  their  names  in  darknefs  loft* 

PSALM     C£II.  Long  .Matre, 

The  blefling_s  of  th«  pious  and  charitable. 

3  '"T^HRICE  happy  man  who- fears  the  Lord, 
X  •      Loves  his  commands,  and  trufts.hjs  vypr<J? 

Honor  and  peace  his  days  attend, 
I  And  bleffing«  to  his  feeddefcend^ 
I  CompafTion  dwells  upon  his. mind, 

To  works  of  mercy  ftill  inchVd  : 

H  e  lends  the  poor  lome  prefent  aid/ 

<Sr  give*  them,  net  to  be  repaid,. 


166  PSALM      CXII. 

3  When  times  grow  dark,  and  tidings  frpead 
Which  rill  his  neighbours  round  with  dread* 
His  heart  is  arm'd  againft  the  tear, 

For  God  with  all  his  pow'r  is  there. 

4  His  foul  wellfix'd  upon  the  Lord, 
Draws  heav'nly  courage  from  his  word  t 
Amidft  the  darknefs,  light  mall  rife, 
To  cheer  his  heart  and  biefs  his  eyes. 

5  He  hath  difperfed  his  alms  abroad, 
His  works  are  ftill  before  his  Go  i, 
His  name  on  earth  fhall  long  remain* 
While  envious  finrters  fret  in  vain. 

PSALM    cxn.    Common  Metre. 

Liberality    rewarded. 

1  TT APPY  is  he  who-iears  the  Lord, 
JLX   And  follows  his  commands, 
Who  lends  the  poor  without  reward, 
Or  gives  with  lib'ral  hands. 
a  As^pity    dwells  within  his  breaft 
To  all   the  fons  of  need  ; 
So  God  mail  anfwer  his  requeft 
With  bleflings  on  his  feed. 

3  No  evil  tidings /hall  furprife 

His  well  eftablifh'd  mind  j  § 
His  foul  to  God  his  refuge  flies, 
And  leaves  his  fears  behind, 

4  In  times  of  general  diftrefs 

Some  beams  of  light  fhall  mine, 
To  fhew  the  world  his  right'oufneft 

And  give  him  peace  divine, 
e.  His  works  of  piety  and  love 

Remain  before  the  Lord ; 
Honor  on  earth,  and  joys  above, 

Shall  be  his  fure  reward. 


PSALM    cxm. 


The  majefty  and  condefceafion  of  God* 

*  tTE  who  delight  to  ferve  the  Lord, 
jf     The  honors  of  his  name  record. 
His  facred  name  forever  blefs  :, 
Where  e'er  the  circling  fun  difplays, 
His  rifing  beams,  or  fetcing  rays, 
Let  lands  and  feas  his  pow'r  cenfefs, 


P    S    A   L   m      cxur. 

z  Not  time  nor  nature's  narrow  rounds 
Can  give  his  vaft  domin'on  bounds  5  _ 

The  hcav'ns   are  far  below  his  height; 
let    no  created  darknefs  dare 
Without  eternal  God  cempr-ie. 
Arm'd  with  his  uncreated  might. 
5  He  bows  his  gor'ous  head  to  view 
WhattVe  bright  holts  of  angels  do, 

AnJ  bends  his  care  to  morcal  things  j 
His  lov'rcign  hand  exalts  the  poor, 
He  takes  the  needy  from  the  door, 
And  makes  them  company  for  kings. 
4-  When  childlels  families  defpair, 
-     Pie  fends  the  bleffings  of  an  heir, 
To  refcue  their  expiring  name  , " 
The  mother  with  a  thankful  voice 
Proclaims  his  pralfes  and  her  joys; 
Let  every  age  advance  his  fame. 

P     S     A    L    M        CXIIL     Lo::?  Metre 


GoJ  fovereign  and  gracious. 

3  \7*E  fervantstf  th'  aimigbty  King, 
X      Inevhwage  his  praifes  ling  ; 

Where  e'er  the  fun  mall  rife  or  iet, 

The  nations  mall  his  praife  repeat. 
a  Above  the  earth,  beyond  theflcyi 

Stands  his  high  throne,of  majeiry; 

Nor  time  nor  place  hi?  pow'r  re  lira  hi  ; 
■--  Nor  bound  his  universal  reign. 

3  Which  of  the  fims  ot  Adam  dan*, 
Or  angels  with  their  God  compare  ? 
His  glories  how  divinely  bright, 
Who  dwells  in  uncreated  light. 

4  Behold  his  love  !   he  iloops  to  view 
Whaffaints  above  and  angels  d:>  5 
And  condescends  yet  more  to  khov? 
The  mean  atfairs  of  men  below. 

5  From  dull  and  cottages  obfeure 
His  grac;  exalts  the  humble  poor; 
Gives  them  the  honour  of  hi*  fons, 
And  fits  them  for  I1V3  heavenly  thrones? 

6  .[A  word  of  his  creating  voice 

Can  make  the  barren  houfe  rejoice  5 
Tho'  Sarah's  ninety  year?  were  pair, 
The  promis'd  feed  is  born  at  laft. 

7  With  joy  the  mother  views  her  foa, 
And  tells  the  wond'ers  God  has  done  1 

X 


tiGZ  P    3    A    L    M        GX>"V,.' 

Faith  maygrow  ftrong  when  fenfe  delpairsj 
If  nature  faiis  the  promife  bears  ] 

PSALM        CXIV. 

Miracles  atterldng  Ifrael's  Journey. 

1  *t  T  THEN  Ifra,J  freed  from  Pharaoh's  hanii, 

V  V     Left  the  proud  tyrant  and  his  land, 
The  tribes  with  chearful  homage  own 
Their  king,  and  judah  was  his  throne. 

2  A  crofs  the  deep  their  journey  lay  ; 
The  deep  divider  to  make  them  way  : 
Jordan  bebela  their  march,  and  fled 
With  backward  current  to  his  head. 

3  The  mountain  fhook  like  frighted  (httfa 
Like  lambs  the  little  hiliocksleip  ! 

Not  Sinai  on  herbafe  could  ftanJ, 
Confcious  of  fov'reign  pow*r  at  hand. 

4  What  pow'r  could  make  the  deeo  divide  ♦ 
Make  Jordan  backward  roh  his  tide  ! 
Why  did  ye  leap,  ye  little  hills  ? 

And  whence  the  fright  that  Sinai  feels  f 

5  Let  ev'ry  mountain,  ev'ry  flood, 
Retire,  and  know  th\  appro:  ching  Go4, 
The  King  of  lfra'l  :  See  him  here  5 
Tremble  thou  earth,  adore  and  fear. 

6  Hethundert,  and  all  nature  mourns, 
The  rock  to  landing  pools  he  turns  5 
Flints  fpring  with  fountains  at  his  word, 
And  fires  and  feas  confefs  the  Lord. 

PSALM        CXV.     Firft  Metre. 

The  true  God  our  refuge,  or,  id»htry  reprov'do 

r  "&/TOT  to  ourfelve3  who  arebutdufi, 
.L^i    Not  to  ourfelves  is  gl  :ry  due, 
'  Eternal  God,  thou  only  juft, 
Thou  only  gracious,  wife  and  true. 

2  Shine  f«rth  in  all  thy  dreadful  name  ; 

Why  fhould  a  Heathen's  hrmghty  tongae        „ 

Infiilt  us,  and  to  raif'e  cur  ihame, 

Say,  where's  the  God  you've  ferv'd  lo  long  r 

3  The  God  we  fervs  maintains  his  throne 
Above  the  clouds,  bevond  the  fides, 
Thro'  all  the  earth  his  will  is  done, 

He  knows  our  groans,  he  hears  our  criejev 

4  But  the  vain  idols  they  adore 

At«  fenfelefs  fh apes  of  ftone  and  Itoviy 


PSALM        CXV,  3.% 

At  beft  a  mafs  of  giirt'ring  ore, 
JA.  uiver  i'aint  a  golden  god.  _ 

ffi.  f  With  eyes  and  eatsthev  carve  their  head 
h    Deaf  are'their  ears,  their  eyes  are  blind  ^ 

In  vain  arecoftly  oif'rings  maoe, 

And  vows  aie  icatter'd  in  the  wind. 
$  Their  feet  were  never  ma  !e  to  nove, 

Nor  hands  to  lave  when  mortals  pray 

Mortals  that  pay  them  rear  or  love, 

Seem-to  be  blind  and  deaf  a3  chey.] 
7  O  HraT,  make  the  Lord  thy  hope, 

Thy  help  thy  refuge  and  thy  reftj 

The  Lord  ihall  build  thy  ruins  up, 

And  blefs  the  people  and  the  pne:~U 
•  The  dead  no  more  can  ("peak,  thy  praife, 

They   dwell  in  filence  arid  the  grave  , 

But  we  mail  live  to  fmg  thy  grace, 

And  tell  the  world  thy  pow'r  to  fave. 

9    S    A    L    M      CXV.    Second  Metre.    As   tije 


Popiih  Idolatry  reprov'd. 
A  PfaJm  for  the  cth  of  November. 

I  TVTOT  to  our  names,  thou  only  juft  and  true, 
ixNI  Not  to  our  woi-chlefs  nsmes  is  yjory  due  : 
Thy  pow'r  and  g;ace,  thy. truth  andjuiKce  claim 

(    Immortal  honours  to  thy  fovereign  name. 

Shine  thro'  the  earth  from  heav'n  thy  bleft  ab^de, 
_Nor  let  the  heathen  fay  ;  and  where' s  your  God  ? 

2  Heav'n  is  thine  higher  court :  there  Hands. thy  throne 
And  thro1  the  lower  worlds  thy  will  is  Jpne  : 

-:    Our  God  fram'd  all  this  earth, thefe  heavn's  he  fpread, 
But  fools  adore  the  gods  their  hand*  have  made  ; 
The  kneeling  croud,  with  looks  devout  behald 
Their  lilver  faviours,  and  their  faints  of  gold. 

j   [Vain  arethofe  artful  fhapes  of  eves  and  ears  j 
The  molten  image  neither  fees  nor  hears  : 
Their  hands  are  heiplefs  nor  their  feet  can  move 
They  ha\e  no  ipeech,nor  thought,  nor  pow'r  nor  love  \ 
Yet  fottifh  mortals  make  their  long  complair:s 
To  their  deaf  idols  and  theh  movelefs  faints. 

4  The  rich  have  ftatutes  well  adorn'd  with  gold  ; 
The  poor  content  with  gods  of  coarfet-  mould, 
Withtoois  of  iron  carve  the  fenfelefs  ftock. 
Loptfroma  tree,  or  broken  from  a  rock  : 
People  and  pried:  drive  on  the  folemn  trade, 
J~::d  Sruf$  die  gods  t^tiav.'s  and  hammers  saafeji 


i7o  P    S    A    L    M        CXVI. 

£  Be  heaven  and  earth  amaz'd  'tis  hard  to  fay 
Which  is  more  ftupid,  or  their  gods,  or  they* 
O  Ij'raei    c  ...:  the  UPrd  :  he  hears  and  fees, 
He  knows  thy  forrows  and  reftpres  thy  pes  ce  . 
Hisworfhip  Jucsa  L.iouuir.u  comforts  yield, 
He  is  my  help,  ani  he  tnine  heavenly  ihieid, 

6  Columbia  trait  the  Lord  :   thy  foe » in  vain 
Att  mptth)  ruin  ahii  oppofe  his  reign  ; 
Had  the)  prevaifd  darkn\ns  had  clps'dour  day? 
jrt.nd  death  and  filenc£  Udd  forbid  his  praife  j 
But  we  are  fav'd^'ana  live  :   let  longs  arife, 
Go.umbia  blefs  the  Gd&tfcbat  ma.!e  the  fkies. 

PSALM        CXVL      FirftPart. 


1  T   LOVE  the  Lord  :  hz  heard  my  dies, 
JL     And  pity'd  everj  groan, 

.Lpn  ,  as  i  iive,  when  trouuies  rife, 
■Ili haften  ta  his  tkrp'ne. 

2  I  love  the  Lord  :  lie  bow'd  his  ear, 

And  chas'd  my  grief  away  ; 
O  iec  my  heart  no  mora  defpair, 
When  i  have  breath  to  pray   ! 

3  My  fim  declin'd  my  fpirits  fell, 

And  I  drew  near  toe  Oeaj, 
"W'nile  inward  pangs  and  fears  of  hell 

rerplex'd  my  wakeful  hearti 
i   "  Tviy  God,  I  cry'dj  thy  fervant  i'ave, ' 

"  Thou  ever  good  an.ijuft; 
*'  Thy  p:;wVcan  relpue  from  the  grave, 

**  Thy  powh-  is  all  my  truft." 

5  The  Lord  beheld  me  fore  diftreft, 

He  bid  my  pains  remove  j 
Return,  m>    foulyto  God  thy  reft, 
i  ju  haft  known  his  love- 

6  My  God  hath  fav'd  my  foul  from  death, 

And  dry'd  mv  falling  tears  : 
Jfow  to  his  praife  I'll  fpeftd  my  breath,    ■ 
And  my  remaining  years. 

P  S  A  L  U    CXVL    12/&C     Second  Part, 

Vowi  made  in  trouble,  paid  in  the  Church  j  or  public 
Thanhs  for  private  Deliverance. 


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THAT  mall  I  render  to  my  GeJ 
■  all  his  kindnefs  fhown  ? 


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PSALM        CXV1L 
My  feet  lhall  vifit  thine  abode, 
My  fongs  addrefs  thy  throne. 
%  Among  the  faints  that  fill  thine houfe 

My  off' rings  fhailbe  paid  ; 
■  There  fliall  ray  zeal  perforin  the  vows 
My  foul  in  anguifhmade. 

3  How  much  is  mercy  thy  delight, 

Thou  ever  hieiled  God   ! 
How  dear  thy  fervants  in  thy  fight  ! 
How  precious  is  their  blood  ! 

4  How  happy  all  thy  fevvants  are, 

How  great  thy  grace  to  me  ! 
My  life  which  thou  haft  made  thy  care, 
Lord,  1  devote  to  thee. 

5  Now  I  am  thine,    for  ever  thin;:, 

Nor  mail  my  purpofe  move; 
•  Thy  hand  has  loos'd  my  bonds  of  pain, 

And  bound  me  with  thy  ice. 
$  Herein  thy  courts  I  leave  my  vow, 

And  thy  rich  grace  record  : 
'■  Witnefs  ye   iaims  v. ho  hear  me  novf„ 

If  1  foriake  the  Lord. 

P  S  A  L  M     GXVJI.     Common  Metre, 
Praife  to  GOP  from  all  N  itipns. 

2  f~\  All  venations  praife  the  Lord,     . 
V_/    Each  with  a  dirPrent  tongue  ; 
Inev'ry  language  learn  his  word. 
And  let  his  name  be  iui:£. 


a 

His  mercv  ret 
Procjfim  fa: 

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t/  evhv 

abr.aa; 

land 

Forever  firm 
Praife  ye  tl 

his 

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t  ■■ ; ': 

th&afl  I 

iul  vjoJ 

land 

P   S  A 

L 

M 

CXVII. 

L< 

i 

T?ROM  ill 

who  dv 

roll  bek, 

■■•:  th 

P     Let  the  Creator's  praife  arife   ; 

JLec  the  Redeemer's  name  be  lung 
Through  ev'ry  land,  byt?'ry  tongue  . 

2  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord. 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word  ; 

Thy  praife  (hall  iounr  from  fhore  tofhan-j, 
'Till  funs  ihall  riic  and  let  no  more. 

PSALM     cxvii.     Short  Metre, 

3  HpHY  name,  almighty  Lord, 

JL        Shahi-juna  thro' diftant Unas  : 
Gcer.i  is  thy  grace^  andfure  thv  v;oji  % 
Thy  trtfffifc; ever  ftands. 


MALM    CX  VXlf. 
i  2 
2-  Far  be  thine  honor  fpread, 

And  long  thy  prail'e endure  ; 
'Till  morning  light  and  evening  fhads 
Snail  be  exchang'd  no  more. 

?    S     A    L    M      CXVIII.    Firft  Part. 

Deliverance  from  a  Tumult. 

L  <rTpHE  Lord  appeart  my  Helpsr  now, 
X      M^ris  my  faitaafriid 
\Vh2t  all  the  ions  or'e-m'ncan  do, 
Since  heav'n  affords  ko  aii. 
Z  'Tis  fafer  Lor  J  to  hope  in  Vntt,  ' 
And  have  my  God  rav  Friend, 
Than  trudi  in  men  of  high  degree, 
And  on  their  t*uth  depend. 
%  Likebies,  my  fo;3  befet me  round, 
A  large    and  angry  rwarm  j 
But  I  /hah  ail  their  ragecontound, 
By  th-ne  almighty  a*m.     . 
4  'Tia  through  the  Lord .my  heart  is  ftrong, 
In  him  my  lips  rejoice  j 
While  his  falvation  is  my  fong, 
How  chearful  is  my  voice  ! 
f  Like  angry  bees  they  girt  me  round 

When  God  appears,  they  fly  : 
;    So  burning  thorns  with  crackling  found 

Make  a  fieice  blaze  and  die. 
*  Joy  to  the  faints  and  peace  belongs  j* 
The  Lord  protects  their  ways  j 
Let  lfr'el  tune  immortal  long* 
To  hia  almighty  grace. 

PSALM     cxviii.     Second  Parr, 

Public  praifefor  deliverance  from  death. 

t   T     ORE),  thou  haft  heard  thy  fervant  cry, 
JL^   And  refcu'd  from  thegrave  j 
Now  mail  he  live  ;    (*nd  none  can  die, 
JfGod  refolve  to  iave. ) 
z  Thy  praife,  more  conftant  than  before, 
Shall  rill    his  daily  heath  j 
Ti  y  hand  which  hath  cha.tis'd  him  fore* 

Defends  him  ft:  J  from  death. 
•  Open  the  sates  of  Zion  now, 
For  we  mall  wor.'Jrp  ;here: 
Jhe  hcufe  where  all  the  right'ous  go 
Thy  aierry  to  declare,* 


/  ;.  VSAL  M    CXVIIi.  m 

l  Among  th'aflernbliesoF  thy  faint* 

Our  than   fu:  voice  we  raife  ;     -      ,  f 
There  we  have  told  thee  oar  complaints, 
And  there  we  lpeak  thy  praiie. ,     ■ 

PSALM    cxviii.     Third   Part. 

Chrift  the  Foundation  of  the  Church* 

3  T)HKOLO  the  mi?  Found ation-Stons 
X>  Which  God  in  Z>n  =ay8 
To  build  our  heav'rdy  hcpe«  upon, 
.And  his  eternal  prai;e. 
a  Chofenof  God,  to  finners  dear,- 
And  faints  adore  his  name  y 
They  t:  uft  their  whoie  ialvation  hergj  ■ 
Nor  fh  all  they  fuffer  ftame. 

3  Thefooiiih  builders,  fcnbe  and  prleft, 

Reject  it  w'ih  difdain  5 
Yet  on  this  Rock  the  church  /ball  reft, 
And  envy  rage  in  vain. 

4  "Whit  though  the  gates  of  he.T  withftoexi  ? 

Yet  mult  t  his  building  rife  j 
3Tis  thy  own  work,  almighty  God, 
And  wond'rous  in  our  eyes. 

.-.      PSALM    cxvni.     Fourth  Part. 

Hofanna  ;  the  Lord's-day  5  or  Chrifl'j  refurre6V;e*, 
and   our  falvationi 

&  np  HIS  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made, 
JL      He  calls  the  hours  his  own  ; 
Letheav'n  rejoice,  let  earth  be  glad, 
And  praife  furround  thy  throne, 
ft  To  day  he  rofe  and  left  the  dead  j 
And  fatan's  empire  fell  ; 
Today  the  faints  his  triumph  fpread. 
And  all  his  wonders  ttll, 
3  Hofanna  to  th'^nnointed  King, 
To  David's  holy  Son  : 
Helpus^-O  Lord  j  defcend,  and  bring 

Salv;>  >on  from  thy  throne. 
Bleft  be  the  Lord,  who  comes  to  men 

With  meflages  of  grace  ; 
Who  comes  in  God  his  Father's  name, 
-  To  fave  our  finful  race, 
$  Hofanna  in  the  higheft  {trains 

The  church  on  earth  can  raife  : 
%he  higheft  heav'nsin  which  he  reigrts,. 
•§feaU  give  hkm  ashler  praife. 


*74  P  S  A  L  M    C XVIII. 

PSALM     cxvm.     Short    Metre. 

An  Hofasna  for  the  Lord's-day  5  «r,  A  new    fon;  of 
Taxation  by  Chrift. 

2   QEE  what  a  living  Stone 
O  The  builuers   did  refufe  ! 
Yet  Go  1  hath  built  his  church  thereoa 
In  fpite  of  envious  Jews. 

2  The  icribc  and  angry  priert 

Rejecl:  thine  onlv  Son  : 
Yet  on  this  Rock  fhall  Zion  reft 
As  the  chief  corner-done. 

3  The  work,  O  Lord,  is  thine, 

And  wond'rous  in  our  eyes  : 
This  clay  declares  itadl  divine, 
This  day  didjefas  rife. 
4.  This  is  the  glor'ousday 

Which  our  Redeemer  mad?  ; 
Let  u.~  rejoice,  and  fing,  and  pray; 
L  et  a!]  the  church  be  glad. 

5  Hofanna  to  the  King 

Of  Dsvid's  royal  blood  j 
Eiefs  him,  ye  faints,  he  comes  to  bring 
Salvation  from  your  God. 

6  We  blefs  thine  holy  word 

Which  all  this  grace  difplays; 
And  offer  on  thine  alter,  Lord, 
Qui  facrinceof  praife, 

P  S  A  L  M;    exviii.     Long   Metre* 

An  Kofanna  for  the  Lord's-day;  or,  A   new  fon^  of 
falvation  by  Chriit. 

I   T     O,  what?,  glor'ous  corner-ftone 

\_j   Thejewiftj  build?rsdid  refufe  ! 

But  God  hath  built  his  church  thereof, 

In  fpite  cf  envy  and  the  Jews, 
a  Great  God,  the  work  is  all  divine, 

Tfie  joy  and  wonder  of  our  eyes  ; 

This  is  the  day  which  proves  it  thine. 

Theday  which  faw  our  Saviour  rife. 
3  Sinners  rejoice,  and  faints  be  glad  : 

Hofanna,  let  his  name  be  b'eft  ! 

A  thoufand  honours  on  his  head, 

With  peace,  and  light,  and  glory  rel ! 
4.  In  God's  cwn  name  he  comes  to  bring 

Salvation  to  our  dying  race: 

Let  the  whole  cha'rch  addrefs  their  King 

T  ith  hearts»fjoy,  and  fongs  of  praife. 


PSALM    CXIX.  a7§ 

PSALM     cxix.     Firft  Part. 

The  bleffednefs  cf  the  faints,  and  the  mifery  of  fia- 
ners. 

r  T)LEST  are  the  undefil'd  in  heart, 
_£)  Whofe  ways  are  right  and  clean  J 
Who  never  from  thy  law  depart, 
iiwi  fly  from  ev'ry  fin. 
a  Bleft  are  the  men  who  keep  thy  word, 
And  practice  thy  commands  ; 
"With  their  whole  heart  thev  feek.  the  Lord,, 
And  ferve  thee  with  their  hands. 

3  Great  is  their  peace  who  love  thy  law; 

Howfirm  their  fouls  abide  ! 
Nor  can  a  bald  temptation  draw 
Their  Heady  feet  afide. 

4  Then fliall  my  heart  have  inward  joy,  • 

And  keep  my  face  from  ihame, 
When  all  thy  ftatutes  I  obey,  . 
And  honour  all  thy  name. 

5  But  haughty  finnsrs  God  will  hate, 

The  proud  lhall  die  accurft; 
Thefons  of  fahhood  and  deceit 

Are  trodden  to  the  duft. 
C  Vile  as  the  drofs  the  wicked  are  : 

And  thofe  who  leave  thy  ways 
Shall  fee  falvation  from  afar, 

But  never  tafte  thy  grace. 

PSALM    cxix.     Second  Part. 

Secret  devotions  and  fpiritual  meditations  3  pr,  Con*> 
ftant  converfe  with  God. 

3  rT"tO  the  before  the  dawning  light, 
JL      My  gracious  God  I  pray- 
I  meditate  thy  name  by  night,  - 
And  keep  thy  3 aw  by  day.     . 
a  My  fpirit  faints,  to  fee  thy  grace, 
Thypromife  bears  me  up  ! 
And  while  falvation  long  delays, 
Thy  word  fuoports  my  hope. 

3  Sev'n  times  a  day  I  lift  my  hands, 

And  pay  my  thanks  to  thee, 
Thy  right"  ous  providence  demands 
-  Repeated  praife  from  me.  "■«■■, 

4  When  midnight  darknefs  veils  the  lkies.s 

.  I  call  thy  works  to  mind  :  , 

My  thoughts  in  warm  devotion  rife, 
And  fweet  acceptance  find. 

Y 


*7*'  PSALM    CXlXo 

PSALM     cxix.     Third  Part. 

Ptofeffionsof  fincerity,  repentance  and  obei-erfce» 

1  HpHOU  irtmy  potion,  O  my  God  ; 
j[      Soon  aa  I  know  thy  way, 
My  heart  nukes  haftie  t'  obey  thy  word, 
Ana  fuflers  no  delay, 
a  I  chufe  the  oath  of  heav'nly  truth, 
And  glorv  ;n  ray  choice  : 
Not  all  the  riches  of  the  heart 
Could  make  me  Co  rejoice. 
9  The  tefti  monies  of  thy  grace 
J  fer  before  my  eve's ; 
To  nee  I  ieriye  nayxdajly  ftrength,. 
And  the'-* my  C3mfortlies. 
4  If  «xnce  I  war:  ler  from  thy  paths, 
I think  upon  my  ways; 
Then  turn  my  feet  to  thy  command?} 
And  tru ft  thy  pard'ning  grace. 
$  No  v  I  am  thine,  for  ever  thine* 
O  fave  toy  fervant.  Lord  ! 
Thou  a»-t  my  fhield.  my  hiding  place; 
My  hope  is  in  thvw->rd. 
€  Thnuha^inclin'd  this  heart  of  mine 
Th?  ftatutes  tpfulfcl  ; 
An^  thus 'till  mortal  life  Jhall  end, 
Would  I  perform  thy  will* 

P  S  A  L  M    CXIX.     Fourth  Pai£. 
Inflruclion   from  fcripturet 
*  TTO'V  mall  the  young  fecure  their  he-arts.* 
I  A   And  guard  their  lives  fram   fin  ? 
Thy  word  the  choicefc  rules  im  arts 

To  keep  the  conference  clean.  /f    </ 

Z  When  once  it  enters  to  the   mind, 
It  foreads  futh  light  abroad, 
The  meaneft  fouls  inilrudiion  find, 
And  ra'fe  their  thoughts  to  God. 

3  'Tiii  like  the  fun,  a  heav'nly  light, 

Which  guides  us  all  the  day  j 
And  through  the  dangers  of  the  night, 
A  lamn)  to  lead  our  way. 

4  The  men  who  keep  thy  law  with  car 

And  meditate  thy  word, 
Grow  wifer  than  their  teachers  are 
And  better  know  the  Lord. 
5  Thv  precepts  make  me  truly  wife  : 
fliatt  tiiefmnsr's  read  ^ 


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S4  hate  my  own  vain  thoughts  which  iiie^ 
"   But  love  thy  law  my  God. 
•V  [The  itarry  heav'ns.thy  rule  obey, 
The  earth  maintains  her  place  j 
Ani  thefe  thy  fervants night  ana    tay 
Thyikill  aad  pow'r  exprefs. 
7   But  frill  thy  law  and  gofpel,  Lord, 
Have  lefions  more  divine  : 
Not  earth  ftands  firmer  than  thy  word. 
Nor  liars  fo  nobiy  ihine.~j 
3   Thy  word  is  everiafting  cruthj 
How  pure  is  ev'ry  page  ! 
That  holy  book  fhaii  guide  our  youth. 
And  well  fupport  our  age. 

PSALM        CXIX.    Fifth  Part, 

Relight  in  fcripture;   or,  The  word  of  God  dweiJij&g 
in  us. 

j   /~\  How  I  love  thy  holy  lay/, 
\^J  'Tis  daily  rny  defight  ; 

And  thence  my  meditations  draw, 
Divine  advice  by  night. 
2.  My  waking  eyes  present  the  day 
To  meditate  thy  word  ; 
My  foul  with  long'r  ~,  melts  away 
To  hear  thy  gofpel,  Lord, 

3  How  doth  thy  word  my  heart  engage 

How  well  employ  my  tongue  ! 
And  in  my  t'relome  pligrimage 

Yields  me  an  heav  nly     feng. 
a  Am  1  a  Granger,  or  at  home  : 

'Tis  my  perpefal  fe?ft  ; 
Not  honey  dropping  from  the  comb 

So  much  allures  the  taire. 
*  No  treasures  fo  enrich  the  tnina  j 

Nor  mail  thy  word  be  fold      '     - 
For  bads  of  fiiver  well    efin'd, 

Nor  heaps  ox  choiceft  gold.  » 

4  When  nature  finks,  and  fpirits  d?oops 

Thy  prnroiles,of  grace 
Are  pillars,  to  fu port  my  hope, 
And   there  I  write  thy  praife. 

PSALM     cxix.     Sixth    Pare, 

Ko'inefs  and  comfort  from  the  word* 

i   If    OKP?  I  eftesm  thy  judgments  right, 
X-A  ABd'all  thy  lxatutesjuf0 


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Thence  I  maintain  conftant  fight 
Withev'ry  flatt'ringluft. 
a  Thy  precepts  often  I  furvey  : 
I  keep  thy  iaw  in  fight, 
Through  all  thebub'neis  of  the  day, 
To  form  my  actions  right. 

3  My  heart  in  midnight  filence  cries, 

"  Howfweet  thy  comforts  be  !,v 
My  thoughts  in  holy  wonder  rife, 
And  bring  their  thanks  to  thee. 

4  And  when  my  fpiritdrinks  her  fill 

At  fome  good  word  of  thine, 
Not  mighty  men  who  lhare  the  fpoil, 
Have  joys  compar'd  to  mine. 

PSALM    cxix.    Seventh  Part. 

Imperfection  of  nature,  and  perfection  of  fcriptv 

I    T    ET  all  the  heathen  writers  join, 
■   J  j  To  form  one  perfect  book; 
Great  Cod,  if  once  compar'd  with  thin' 
Howmean  their  writings  look  ! 
3  Not  the  mod  perfect  rules  they  gave 
Could  /hew  one  fin  forgiv'n  ; 
Nor  lead  a  ftep beyond  the  grave  ; 
But  chine  c'rnductto  heav'n. 

3  I've  Teen  an  end  ^f  what  we  call 

Perfection  heie  below; 
How  ih  >rt  tHe  the  pow'rs  of  nature  fa. 
And  can  no  fur. her  go  ! 

4  Yet  men  would  fain  be  juft  with  God, 

By  works  their  hands  have  wrought 
But  thy  commands,  exceeding  broad, 

Extend  to  ev'ry  thought. 
e  In  vain  we  boaft  perfection  here, 

While  fin  defiles  our  frame; 
And  finks  our  virtues  down  fo  far, 

They  fcarce  deferve  the  name. 
6  Our  faith,  and  love,  and  ev'ry  grace 

Fall  far  below  thy  word  ; 
But  perfect  truth  and  right'oufhefs 

Dwell  only  with  the  Lord. 

PSALM     cxix.    Eighth  Part. 

The  word  of  God  is  the  faint's  portioa  ;  or,  The  ex 
cellency  and  variety  oifcripture. 

*  T    ORD,  I  have  made  thy  word  my  choicej 
X-J  My  lafting  heritage  ; 


f    S    A    L    M    CXIX.  173 

There mall  my  nobleft  pow'rs  rejoice, 
My  warmeft  thoughts  engage.  . 
j  I'll  read  the  hift'ries  of  thy  love,  * 
And  keep  thy  laws  in  fi^ht; 
While  thro'  thy  promifes  I  rove 
With  ever-freih  deii^ht. 

3  'Tis  a  broad  bnd  of  wealth  urknown. 

Where  fprings   oflifearhej 
Seeds  of  immortal  blifs  arciown, 
And  hidden  glory  lies. 

4  The  beftrelief  which  mjmners  have, 

It  makes  our  forrows  bled  , 
Our  faireft  hope  beyo-d  the  grave, 
And  our  eternal  reft. 

PSALM    exix.    Ninth  Part. 

Jtefire  of  knowledge  j  or,  The  teachings  of  the  5$'tri£ 

with  the  word. 

3  f-T^HY  mercies  fill  the  earth,  O  Lord, 
I      How^ood  thy  wcrks  appear  \ 
Ooen  mine  eyes  to  lead  thy  word, 
And  fee  thy  wonders  there. 
2.  Mv  heart  wai  faiVon'd  by  thyhand^ 
£        My  fervice  is  thy  due  : 

O  make  thy  fervanC  un  ierftand 
The  duties  he  muft  do! 

3  Since  I'm  a  flranger  here  below, 
I       Let  not  thy  path  be  hid  ; 

But  mark  the  road   my  feet  ihould  gf, 
And  bemy  conftant  guuie. 

4  When  I  confefs'd  my  wandering  ways, 

Thou  heardft  mv  foul  com  plain  j 
Grantme  the  teachings  of  thy  grace,. 
Or  I  fhall  ftr.y  sgain  ;    ■' 
3  If  Godtomfe  hisftatutes  mew, 
And  heav'nly  truth  impart, 
His  work  for  ever  AMI    pui  fue, 
His  lawihal)  rule  my  heart. 
I  This  was  mv  comfort,  when  I  bore 
J       Variety  of  grief ; 
It  mace  me  learn  thy  word  the  raorc> 
And  fly  to  that  relief. 
[7  In  vain  the  proud  deride  me  now  i 
111  ne'er  forget  thylaw, 
Nor  let  that  bleffed  goipelgo, 
Whence  all  rry  hopes  1  draw. 
i  When  I  havelearn'd  my  Father's  w!i% 
\     111  Ccach  the  world  his  ways  j  5 


i%&  F    s     A    L    M        CXIXS 

My  thankful  iips  infpir'd  with  zeal 
fcualiioud  pronounce  his  pi  . uc.  j 


PSALM     cxix.     Tenth  Pa*« 


Pleading  the  prcrnifes. 

X   TOEHOLD  thy  waiting  feivant  Lord* 
5j  Devoted  to  thy  feaj-? 

Remember  and  confirm  thy  word, 
For  all  my  hopes  are  there. 

2  Hdit  tbou  not  writ  faivat"on  down, 

An.!  iromVd  quick\ning  grace  ? 
Doth  not  my  heart  addrefs  thy  throne  *" 
And  yet  thy  love  delavs. 

3  Mine  eyes  for  thy  falVation  fail 5 

O  bear  thy  fervant  up  ; 
Nor  letthe'fcofRng  tips  prevail, 
Which  dare  reproach  my  hope. 

4  D'-dl:  thou  not  raife  my  faith,  O  Lord  ?' 

Then  let  thy  truth  appear: 
Saints  mail  rejoice  in  mv  reward, 
Andtruft,  as  well  as  fear. 

PSALM  cxix.  Eleventh  Part 

Breathing   after  holinefs. 

f  f~\   That  the  L~>rd  would  guide  my way-3 
*  ./  To  keep  his  ft«ute6  ftill ! 

v/  ihatmy  God  would  ■■$**&  me  grace 
To  know  and  do  his  will  ! 
3    O  fend  thy  Spirit  down  to  write 
Thy  law  upon  mv  heart  ? 
Nor  let  my  tongue  indulge  deceit^ 
Nor  acl:  the  liar's  part. 

3  From  vanity  turn  r.ff  my  eyes; 

Let  no  corrupt  defign, 
Nor  covetous  defires  arife 
Within  this  foul  of  mine. 

4  Order  my  footfteps  hy  thy  word, 

And  make  mv  heart  fincere  5' 

Let  fin  have  no  dominion,  Lord, 

But  keep  my  ccnl°ience  clear. 

5  My  foul  hath  gone,  tao  far  aftray  ; 

My  feet  too  often  fiip  5 
Yet.'unce  Pre  not  forgot  thy  way, 
Reftore  thy  wandYing  fheep. 
(1  fcfakeme  to  walk  in  thy  command 
Tfc  adeiiaheful  readj 


P  S  £  1 .  M     CXIX  gjj 

jSorletmy  head,  or  heart,  or  hands. 
Offend  a^ninft  my  God.    . 

PSALM     CXIX.     Twe.fh  Par^ 

Breathing  after  comfort  and  deihei-2n«? 

f  A/fY  God,  consider  my  diitrefs,  ' 
i_\j[   Let  mercy  plead  my  caute ; 
Though  I  hav?  finn'd  againft  thy  grace, 
I  can't  forget  thy  taws. 

3  Forbid,  forbid  the  iharp  repreach, 

Which  I  fojuftiy  fear; 
Uphold  my  life,  uphold  my  hopes., 

Nor  let  my  fliame  appear. 
J  Be  theu  a  iurety,  Lord,  for  me 

Nor  let  the  proud  opprels ; 
Bur  ma'ce  thy  waiting  fer*ant  fee' 

The  ihinings  of -thy  fa^ 

4  My  eyes  with  ex  peel:  ado  i  fail, 

My  heirt  within  me  cries. 
When  will  the  Lord  his  truth  fulfil, 

But  make  my  comforts  rife  ? 
«  Look  down  UDon  my  forrows.   Lord 

And  ihew  thy  grace  the  fame, 
As  thou  ait  ever  wont  t'  afford 

Tothofe  who  love  thy  name. 

PSALM        CXIX.      Thirteenth  Faf# 

Holy  fear,  arid  tendernefs  of  confeience. 

t  TT  7TTH  my  whole  heart  I've  fought  thy  faee, 
V  V     O  let  me  never  ftray, 
From  thy  eommands,  O  God  of  grace, 
Nor  tread  thefinner'sway. 
%  Thy  word  I've  hid  within  my  heart* 
To  keep  my  confeience  clean, 
And  be  an  everlafting  guard 
From  ev'ry  riling  fin. 

3  I'm  a  compan'on  ofythe  faints* 

Who  fear  and  love  the  Lord  ; 
My  forrows  rife,  my  nature  faints, 
When  men  tranfgrefs  thy  word. 

4  While  finuers  do  thy  gofpel  wrong, 

My  fpintftandsin  awe  ; 
My  foul  abhors  the  lying  tongue, 
But  loves  thy  right'ous  law. 
j" My  heart,  with  facred  rev'rence,  hga'its 
The  t&eat''aings  ©f  thy  word  3 


i%z  PSALM       CXli, 

My  flefh  with  holy  trembling  fears 

The  judgments  of  the  Loid. 
6  My  God,  1  long,  I  hope,  I  wait 

For  thy  l'alvation  ftill  ; 
While  thy  whole  Jaw  is  my  delight, 

And  I  obey  thy  will. 

PSALM    CXIX.    Fourteenth  Part. 

Benefit  of  afflictions,  and  fupport  under  th*? 

I   /CONSIDER  all  my  forrows,  Lord, 
\_j    Ana  thy  deiiy'rance  fend  ; 
iVav  foul  for  thyfalvation  faints  : 
When  will  my  troubles  end  ? 
■%  Yet  i  have  found. 'tis  good  for  mc 
To  bear  my  Fathe  's  rod  ; 
Afflictions  make  me  learn  thy  law, 
And  live  upon  my  God. 
5  This  is  the  comfort  I  enjoy  > 
When  new  dilhefs  begins  : 
I  read  thy  worn,  1  run  thy  way, 
And  hate  my  former  fins. 

4  Kad  not  thy  word  been  my  delight, 

When  earthly  joys  were  fled, 
My  foul.,  oppveft  with  forrow's  weight, 
Had  funk  amongft  the  dead. 

5  I  know  thy  judgments,  Lord,  arc  right? 

Tho'  they  ra«  feem  ftvere  } 
The  {harped:  fufF'rings  I  endure 

Flow  from  thy  faithful  care* 
$  Before  I  knew  thy  chafl'ning  rod, 

My  feet  were  apt  to  ftray  ; 
But  now  I  learn  to  keep  thy  word; 

Nor  wander  from  thy  way. 

P  S  A  L  M  CXIX.     Fifteenth  PantV 

Holy  Refolutions. 

j  /~X  That  thy  ftatutes,  ev'ry  hour,  ; 
V  /   Might  dwell  upon  my  mind  ! 
Theace  1  derive  a  quick'ning  pow'ri 
And  daily  peace  1  find. 
4  To  meditate  thy  precepts,  Lord, 
Shall  be  my  fweet  employ} 
My  foul  ihall  ne'er  forget  thy  wordj 

Thy  word  is  all  my  joy. 
T4ow  would  I  run  in  thy  commands, 
Xf  thou  ray  heart  difchar^e 


PSALM       CXIX.  Jj 

•From  fin  and  fatan's  hateful  chains, 
And  fet  my  feet  at  large  ! 

4  My  lips  with  courage  lhall  declare 

Thy  ftatutes  and  thy  name  j 
i'llfpeak  thy  word,  tho'  kings  ihould  hear, 
Nor  yeild  to  finfulihame. 

5  Let  bands  of  perfecutors  rife 

To  rob  me  of  my;  right, 
Let  pride    and  maiice  forge  their  lies, 
Thy  Jaw  is  my  delight." 

6  Depart  from  me,  ye  wicked  race, 

Whofe  hands  and  hearts  areilJ  I 
I  live  my  God,  1  love  his  ways, 
And  muft  obey  his  will. 

MALM    cxix.  Sixteenth  Part* 

Prayer  for  quickening  grace. 

3   TV  MY  foul  lies  cleaving  to  the  duft  j 
XVI   Lord,  give  me  life  divine  } 
From  vain  defires  and  ev'ry  lu.ft 
Turn  off  thefe  eyes  of  mine. 
a  I  needth'influence  of  thy  grace 
To  fpeed  me  in  my  way, 
Leaft  I  mould  loiter  in  my  race, 
Or  turn  my  feet  aftray. 

3  When  fore  afflictions  prefs  me  down* 

I  need  thy  quick'ning   pow'rs 

Thy  word  which  I  have  refted  on 

Shall  help  my  heav'eir.  hours. 

4  Are  not  thy  mercies  fov'reign  ftilJ, 

And  thou  a  faithful  God"? 
Wilt  thou  not  grant  me  warmer  zeal 
To  run  the  heav'nly  road  ? 

5  Does  not  my  heart  thy  precepts  love. 

And  long  to  fee  thy  face  !  — 

And  yet  how  flow  my  ipirits  move 
Without  enliv,ning  grace  ! 

6  Then  fhall  I  love  thy  gofpel  more, 

And  ne'er  forget  thy  word, 
When  I  have  felt  its  quick'ning  povv'r 
To  draw  me  near  the  Lord. 

P     S    A    L    M.     cxix.     Seventeenth   Part. 

Courage  and  perfeverance  under  perfecution;  or.  Grzti 
ihining  in  difficulties  and  trials. 

1  "\^7"^^N  pa'n  and  anSu^  feizeme  Lord, 
Y  V     All  my  fupport  is  from  thy  word  ; 


iS4  PSALM        CXIX. 

My  foul  diffolves  for  heavinefs  ; 
Uphold  me  with  thy  ftrength'ning  grace. 
The  proud  have  fam'd  cheir  feoffs  and  J  is, 
They  watch  my   feet  with  en v  ous  eyes, 
Ana  tempt  my  foul  to  lnares  and  fin.  j 
Yet  tny  commands  I  ne  cr  decline. 
3  They  hate  rat.  Lord,  without  a  caufe, 
They  hate  to  fee  me  love  thy  laws  j 
But  I  will  trurfc  and  fear  thy  name, 
'Till  pride  and  malice  die  with  ihame. 

PSALM     cxix.     Laft  Part. 

Sanctified  aftlicYions  ;  or,  Delight  in  the  word  of  Gcd, 

I   TjVYTHER,  I  blfifj  thy  gentle  hand  ; 

j?     How  kind  was  Cny  chaftizing  rod, 

W  »ich  fore'd  my  con  (cjetiCe  to  aftand, 

And  brought  my  wanu'nng  foul  to  God» 
a  Fo^'nh  and  vain  I  wentaftray, 

E'er  ihad  feit  thy  fcouiges,  Lord, 

1  left  my  guide,  and  loft  mv  way, 

But  new  I  iove  and  keep  thy  Word. 
3  *1  is  goo:  for  me  to  wear  the  yoke, 

For  pride  it  apt  torifc  and  fweH; 

'Tis  goon  to  bear  my  Father's  ftroke, 

That  1  might  learn  nis  ftatutes  weii. 
i  The  ! aw  which  i'flues  from  thy  mouth 

Shall  raife  my  cheerful  (,  alii  oris  m^re 

'1  kanaathe  treafufes  or  the  South, 

Or  Weltern  hill*  ofgolden  ore. 
5  Thy  hands  bavem'ade  my  mortal  frame, 

Thy  fpirit  form'd  my  ioui  wit)  in  j 

Teach  me  toknow  tn     woad'rous  nam;, 

And  guard  me  ;ai*  from  death  and  lin. 
(i  Tken  ail  who  iove  and  rear  the  Lord, 

At  my  fa!vation*'fhali  rejoice  ; 

For  t  h;;vj  hope.'  in  tKy  word, 

And  made  thy  grace  my  only  choice, 

P    S  A  L  M     cxx. 

Gomplaintof  quarelfome  neighbours;  or,  A  devout  wi/h- 
for peace. 

I  '"TpKOU  God  ofLove,  thou  ever-bleft, 
.1      Pity  my   fuff'ong  flatfe  j 

When  wile  thoil  let  ray  frul  at  reft 
F     no  lips  which  iove  deceit? 
Si  Hard  lot  of  mine '  *  mv  days  are  cs 
Ajaengthefons  afftrire, 


SAL    m    L;<xj,  *H 


J^hofe  never-ceafing  brawlingswafte 

Mygoiden  hours -of  lire 
O  !  might  I  fly  to  change  my  place 

How  would  I  chooie  to  dwell 
In  feme  wild  lonefome  vviide.  d  is, 

And  l£av£  A-.e'e   gates  of  hall  ! 

4  Peace  is  the  bleiilng  v. hie.  !  i  ■  k, 

How  lovely  a  e  its  charms  ! 
lam  for  pr.ace  ;   butwi'en  i  lpcak, 
They  all  declare  for  arms. 

5  NetfTpaflions  ftill  their  ioujs  engage, 

And  keep    their  malice  itrong  : 
What  fhallbe  done  to  curb  thy  ra,.e_, 

O  thou  devouring  tongue  ? 
£  Should  burning  arrows  finite  the  thro" 

Strict  juftice  would  approve  j 
But  I  had  rather  fpare  mv  foe, 

And  meithis  heart  with  love. 

PSALM    cxxi.     Long  Metre* 
Divine  protection. 

I  TTP  to  the  hills  I  lift  mine  eves, 
*  J    Th'eternal  hills  beyond  the  ikies  ! 
Thence  all  her  help  my  foul  derives  5 
There  my  almighty  refuge  lives. 

■z  He  lives,  the  everiafting  Gog, 

Who  built  the  world,  who  fpread  the  flood-. 
The.  hesVns  with  all  their  hafts  he  made," 
And  the  dark  regions  of  the  dead. 

3  He  guides  our  feet,  he  guards  our  way, 
His  morning  fmilrs  blefs  all  the  day, 
He  fpreads  the  ev'ning  veil,  and  ker.ps 
The  filent  hours  while  Ifr'el  fleeps, 

4  Ifr'el,   a  name  divinely  bleft. 
May  rife  fecure,  fecurely  reft; 
Thy  holy  Guard'an's  wakeful  eyes 
Admit  no  flumber  nor  furprize\> 

5  No  fun  fhali  fmite  thy  head  by  day, ' 
Nor  the  pale  moon  with  fickly  ivy 
Shall  blait  thy  couch  :   no  baieful  ftar 
Dart  his  malignant  fire  fo  far. 

6  Should  earth  and  hell  with  malice  burns 
Still  thou  fiialt  go,  and  ftill  return- 
Safe  in-the  Lord  ;  his  htav'nly  care 
Defends  thy  life  from  ev'ry  fnare. 

>/  On  thee  foul  fpirits  hive  no  pow'r; 
And  in  thy  laft  departing  hour, 
Angels,  who  trace  the  airy  road, 
§fea#  bear  .tikes  homeward  to  thy  God, 


-M  PSALM        exXL 

PSALM     CXXI.       Common  Metre, 

Prefervation  by  day  and  night. 

t  '~T^O  heav'n  1  lift  my  waiting  eyes  : 
JL        There  all  my  hopes  are  laid, 
The  Lord  who  built  the  earth  and  ikies,. 
Is  my  perpet'al  aid. 
a  Their  feet&all  never  Hide  to  fall, 
Whom  he  riefigns  to  keep  j 
His  ear  attends  the  fofteft  call  $ 
His  eyes  can  neve'ilecp. 

3  H2  will  fuftain  our  weakeft  pow'rs 

With  his  almighty  arm  ; 
And  watch  our  moft  unguarded  hours. 
Againft  furprifing  harm. 

4  I fr'el  rejoice,  and  reft  fecure; 

Thy  keeper  is  the  Lord  $ 
His.wakeful  eyes  employ  his  pow'r 

For  chine  eternal  guard. 
$  Nor  leeching  fun,  nor  fickly  moon, 

Shall  have  his  leave  to  finite  ; 
He  fhields  thy  head  from  burning  nooa, 

From  blading  damps  at  night. 
0  He  guards  thy  foul,  he  keeps  thy  breathy 

Where  thicken: -da  igers  come  ; 
Go.    an.l  return  lecure  from  death, 

'Till  God  commands  thee  home. 

PSALM        CXXI, 

God  our  preferver. 

J  T  TPWARD  I  lift  mine  eyes, 
IJ    From  God  is  all  my  aid  ; 
The  God  who  built  the  Ikies, 
And  earth  and  nature  made  , 
God  is  the  tow'r 
To  which  I  fly  ; 
His  grace  is  nigh 
In  ev'ry  hour. 
2.  My  feetfhall  never  Hide, 
'  And  fall  in  fatal  fnares, 
Since  GoJ,  my  guard  and  guide, 
Defends  me  from  my  fe3rs, 
Thofe  wakeful  eyes 
Which  never  fleep, 
Shall  Ifr'elkeep 
Whep  dangers  rife. 


psalm      cxxir.-;-  IS  j 

3s  No  burning  heats  by  day, 
Nor  blafti  of  ev'ning  air 
Shull  take  rny  health  away, 
If  God  be  with  me  there  : 

Thou  art  my  fun, 

And  thou  my  made, 

To  guard  my  head 

By  night  or  noon, 
4  Haft  thou  not  giv'n  thy  wor3 
To  fave  my  foul  from  death  i~ 
And  I  can  truft  my  Lord 
To  keep  my  mortal  breath. 

l'U  go  and  come, 

Nor  fear  to  die, 

'Till  from  on  high 

Thou  call  me  home. 

tlALM        CXXII.     Common  M dare. 

Going  to  Church. 
2   TJOW  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear, 
LJL   My  friends  devoutly  fay, 
In  Zion  let  us  all  appear, 
And  keep  the  folemn  day  ? 
«  I  love  her  gates,  I  love  the  road  : 
The  church  adorn'd  with  grace, 
Stands  like  a  palace  built  for  God, 
To  mew  his  milder  face. 
•3    Up  to  her  courts  with  joys  unknown, 
The  holy  tribes  repair  } 
The  Son  of  David  holds  his  throne, 
And  fits  in  judgment  there. 
.4  He  hears  our  praifes  and  complaints 
And,  while  his  awful  voice 
Divides  the  finners  from  the  faints, 
We  tremble  and  rejoice. 

5  Peace  be  within  this  facred  placea 

And  joy  a  conftant  gueft  i 
With  holy  gifts  and  heav'nly  grace 
Be  her  attendants  bleft  ! 

6  My  fcul  fhaJl  pray  for  Zion  ftill, 
5      While  life  or  breath  remains  : 

There  my  beft  friends,  my  kindred  dwell  s 
'There  God^  my  Saviour/eigns. 

PSALM        CXXII, 

Going  ts  Church. 

OW  pleas'd  and  bleft  was  I 
To  hsar  .the  People  cry,   ^ 


H 


*8S  P    S     A    L    M        CXXI1L 

Come,  let  as  leek  our  God  to  day  j 

Yes,  withacheerful  zea!, 

We  hafte  to  Z ion's  hi]  , 
And  chert  oar  vows  ani  iionors  pay. 

2.  Zoo.,  thrice  happy  place! 

Adorn'd  withw.  ml  rous  grace, 
And  walls  of  ftren%th  embrace  chec  round  j 

Li  :hee  our  tribes    ppear, 

To  |  ray  and  praife  and  hear 
The  facred  gofp  Va  joyful  iound. 
3  The:e  David's  greatei  Son 

H  >s  iix'j  his  royal  throne, 
He  iitsf^r  grace  ana  judgment  there  j 

He  aids  the  Tains  ue  g.ad, 

And  makes  the  fir.  .*:  lad, 
And  humble  i  >u  •  icjjice  with  fear. 

3.  May  peace  a:tena  thy  gate, 

And  joy  within  th<  e  wait 
To  blels  trie  foul  or'  ev'ry  gueft  ! 

The  man^vho  feeks  tn\    peace, 

Ani  wiihes  thine  inc  eaie, 
A  thoufand  kleffinjs  on  hi  no  reft  ! 
e  My  tongue  repeats  her  vows, 

Pcce  to  th.s  facred  houfe   ! 
For  there  my  friends  and  kindred  dwell  j 

And  fince  my  glor'ous  God 

Makes  thee  hisbleft  abode, 
My  foul  fhaliever  love  the  v/tii  ! 

PSALM     CXXIII. 

Pleading  with    fubmiiTion, 

i  /"V  Thou  whofe  grace  andjafticfc  reig^, 
V_x      EnthronM  above  the  /kies, 
To  thee  our  hearts  would  tell  their  pain, 
To  thee  we  life  our  eyes  ! 
&  As  fervants  watch  their  m afters  hand, 
And  fear  the  angry  ftroke  ; 
Or  sjsaids  before  cheir  miirrels  ftandj 
And  wait  a  peaceful  look  : 
5  So,  for  our  fins,  wejuftly  feel 
Thy  discipline,  O  God  ; 
Yet  wait  the  gracious  moment  ftill, 
'Till  thou  remove  thy  rod. 
a  Thofe.  who  in  wealth  and  pieafure  live, 
Our  daily  groa  is  deride  j 
And  thy  delays  of  mercy  give 
Freih  courage  to  their  j 
e  Our  foes  infult  u;,  but  our  hope 
fit  thy  coiinaflien  lies  j 


psalm  cxxrr. 

This  thought  fh all  bear  our  ipirits  up, 
That  God  will  notoefpife. 

P  S  A  L  M     CXXIV. 
A  Song  for  the  Firth  of  November. 

3  T  T  AD  not  the  Lord,  may  Ifr'el  far. 
J    -     Had  not  the  Lord  ma'i»  iaisft  car  fidffj 
When  men,  to  m2ke  our  A.ves  a  prey, 
R  >fe  like  the  fuelling  of  the  tide  : 

»  The  fwslling  tide  had  ftopt-  our  breathj 
So  fiercely  cid  the  water*  rol", 
We  had  been twallc-vM  dee?  ii  drath; 
Proud  waters  had  o'eiwheim'd  our  fowl. 

3  We  leap  for  joy,  we  ihout  and  fingj 
Who  juft  eicap'd_th-  fatal  ftrofee  ; 
So  flies  the  bird,  with  cheanul  wing, 
When  once  the  fowler's  fnare  is  broke*         &, 

4  Forever  bleiTed  be  rh»  Lord,  k 
Who  broke  the  Fowler'*  cu1' ted  fnare, 
Who  fav'd  us  from  the  murdYm^  fw©r3_,  . 
And  made  our  lives  and  fouls  his  care, 

e  Our  help  is  in  Jehovah" i  name, 
Who  form'd  the  earth  and  buil. 
He  who  upholds  that  won..'rous 
Guards  his  own  church  with  watchiu]  eyee. 


the  flcies  jP 
frame.    » 


PSALM    CXXV.     Common  Metre 
The  faint's  trial  and  fafety. 

1  T  TNSHAKEN  as  the  faced  hill, 
\^J    And  firm  as  mountains  be, 
Firm  as  a  rock  the  foul  ihail  reft 

Who  leans,  O  Lord,  on  thee. 

2  Not  walls  nor  hills  could  gtterd  fcwell 

Old  Salem's  happy  giound, 

As  thole  eternal  arms  of  love, 

Which  ev'ry  faint  furround. 

3  While  tyrants  are  a  fmarting  fcoar^e 

To  drive  them  near  to  God, 
Divine  companion  does  allay 
The  fury  of  thy  rod. 

4  Deal  gently,  Lord,  with  fouls  fincere, 

And  lead  them  fafely  on 
To  the  bright  gates  of  "paradife, 
Where  Chrift  their  Lo;d  h  gone-. 

5  But  if  we  trace thofe  wicked  ways. 

Which  the  eld  ierpent  drew, 
The  wrath  which  drove  him  firft  to  hell 
^haW  fgsite  his  followers  too-. 


J9«  ,    P    S    A    L    M      CXXY. 

PSALM    CXXV,     Short  Metre. 

The  faints'  fc4al  and  fafety  $  or,  moderated  affli&ions. 

1  T7MRM  and  unmov'd  are  they 

X1    Who  reft  their  fouls  on  God  ; 
Firm  as  the  mount  where  David  dwelt, 

Or  where  thi  ark  abode. 
ft  As  mountains  flood  to  guard 

The  city's  facred  ground,    - 
So  God  and  hi»  almighty  love 

Embrace  hit  faints  around. 

3  What,  tho1  the  Father's  rod 

Drop  a  chaftifing  ihoke  ? 
Yet,  left  it  wound  their  hearts  too  deej», 
Its  fury  fhall  be  W.-  ke. 

4  Deal  gently,  Lord,  with  thofe 

Whole  raith  and  pioui  fear, 
Whofe  hope,  ano  love,  and  ev'ry  grace 
Proclai&n  their  heans  iincere. 

5  Nor  fhall  lie  tyrant's  rage 

Too  lona  opprefs  the  iaintj 

The  God  *  IfVel  will  fupport 

His  children,  left  they  faint. 

6  But  if  ourflavifh  fear 

Will  chufe  the  road  to  hell, 
Wemuft  expect  our  portion  there* 
Where  bolder  finnert  dwell. 

PSALM      C'XXVI.    Long  Metre. 

Surprifing  Deliverance. 

I  "TTTHEN  God  reftorMour  captive  ftate, 
V  V     J°y  w-9  our  f°ng>  and  grace  our  tneme, 
The  grace  beyond  our  hopes  fo  great, 
That  jov  appeared  a  painted  dream. 

2  The  fcofferowns  thy  hand,  and  pays 
Unwilling  honors  to  thy  name  ; 
While  we  with  pleafure  fhoutthy  praife, 
With  chearful  notes  thy  love  proclaim. 

3  When  we  review  our  difmal  fears, 

'Twashard  to  think  they'd  vanifh  foj 

With  God  we  left  our  flowing  tear^ 

He  makes  our  joys  like  rivers  flow, 
4.  The  man  who  in  his  furrow  d  fi;!d, 
'  His  fcattefd  feed  with  fadnefs  leaves, 

Will  fhout  to   feethe  harveft  yield 

A  welcome  i»»  *  ©f  foy/«l  feeavw, 


P    S    A    L    M     CXXVIi  Igt 

PSALM    CXXVI.    Common  Metre. 

The  joy  of  a  remarkable  converfion  3  or,  Melancholy 

removed. 

i  -XT  THEN  God  reveal'4  his  gracious,  name 
VV     And  chang'd  my  mournful  ftate, 
My  rapture  feem'd  a  pleafing  dream, 
The  grace  appear' d  fo  great. 
&  The  world  beheld  the  glor'ous  change, 
And  did  thy  hand  confefs  : 
My  tongue  broke  out  in  unknown  ftrains, 
And  fung  furpriiing  grace. 

3  Great  is  the  work,  my.neighbours  cry'd, 

And  own'd  thy  pcw'r  divine  j 
Great  is  the  work,  my  keart  reply'd, 
And  be  the  glory  thine. 

4  The  Lord  can  clear  the  darkeft  ikies. 

Can  give  us  day  for  night, 
Make  drops  of  lacred  forrow  rife 
To  rivers  of  delight. 
r  Let  thofe  that  fow  in  fadnefs,  wait 
'Till  the  fair  harveft  come  ; 
They  Ihall  confefs  their  fheaves  are  great, 
And  mout  the  blefiings  home. 
6  Tho'  feed  lie  bury'd  Jong  in  dull, 
It  fhan't  deceive  their  hope  ! 
The  precious  grain  can  ne'er  be  loft, 
^For  grace  infuresthe  crop. 

PSALM    cxxvii.    Long  Metre. 

The  ble fling    of  God  on  the  bufinefs  and  comforts  ef 
life. 

IF  God  fucceed  not }  all  the  coft 
And  pains  to  build  the  houfe  afeloft  J 
3i  God  the  city  will  not  keep, 
The  watchful  "guards  as  well  may  fleep. 
3  What  if  you  rife  before  the  fun, 
And  work  and  toil  when  day  is  done 
Careful  and  fparing  eat  your  bread,     ' 
To  mun  that  poverty  you    dread  ? 

3  'Tis  all  in  vain,  'till  God  hath  bjeft  • 
He  can  make  rich;  yet  give  us  reft  ; 
Children  and  friends  are  bieffings  too, 
If  God  our  fbv'reign  makes  them  fo, 

4  Happy  the  man  to  whom  he  fends 
©bed'ent  children,  faithful  friends  1 

A  a 


igi  PSALM        CXXTir, 

Howfweetour  daily  comforts  prove 
When  they  are  feafon'd  with  his  love. 


PSALM    cxxvii.    Common  Metre 
God  All  in  All. 

I   TF  God  to  build  the  houfedeny, 
X   The  builders  work  in  vain  ; 
And  towns,  without  his-  wakeful  eye, 
An  ufelefs  watch  maintain. 
*  Before  the  morning  beams  arife, 
Your  painful  work  renew  j 
And  till  the  ftars  afcend  the  Ikies, 
Your  tirefome  toil  purfue. 
3  Short  be  your  fteep,  and  coarfe  your  fare, 
In  vain,  'till  God  has  bleft  $ 
But  if  his  fmiles  attend  your  care, 
You  fhall  have  food  and  reft. 
^  Nor  children,  relatives  nor  frienda 
Shall  real  bleffings  prove, 
Nor  all  the  earthly  joys  he  fends, 
Jf  fent  without  his  love. 

yPrS  ALM  cxxvii:. 

Family  bleffings. 

r  /~\  Happy  man  whofe  foul  is  fill'd 
\_7  With  zeal  anl  rev'rend  awe  ! 
His  lips  to  God  their  honours  yield,- 
His  life  adorns  the  law. 
z  A  careful  providence  fhall  ftand 
And  ever  guard  thy  head, 
Shall  on  the  labors  of  thy  hand 
Its  kindly  bleffings  lhed. 
<■}  Thy  wife  fhall  be  a  fruitful  vine  j 
Thy  children  round  thy  board, 
Each  like  a  plant  of  honor  ihine, 
And  learn  to  fear  the  Lord. 
4  The  Lord  fhall  thy  beft  hopes  fulfil 
For  months  and  years  to  come  j 
The  Lord,  who  dwells  on  Zion's  hill, 
ir  Kail  fend  thee  bleffings  home. 
r  This  is  the  man  whofe  happy  eyes 
Shall  fee  his  houfe  increalcj 
Shall  fee  the  linking  church  arife, 
Then  leave  the  w-o.idia  £S4ce. 


y    S    A    L    M    CXXIX.  jfefB 

p  S  A  L  M    cxxix. 

Perfecutors  punifhed. 

2  TTP  from  my  youth,  may  Jfr'el^ay, 
\J    Have  I  been  nurs'd  in  tears  5 
Mygriefs  were  conftant  as  the  day, 
And  ted'ous  as  the  years. 
a  Up  from  my  youth  1  bore  the  rage 
Of  all  the  Ions  of  ftrife  ; 
Oft  they  afiail'd  my  riper  age, 
But  not  deftroy'd  my  life. 
«  Their  cruel  plow  had  torn  my  flefh, 
With  furrows  long  and  deep, 
Hourly  they  vex'd  my  wounds  afrefk, 
Nor  let  my  forrows  fleep. 
4  The  Lord  grew  angry  on  his  throne, 
And,  with  impartial  eye, 
Meafur'd  the  mhchiefs  they  had  done* 
And  let  his  arrows  fly. 
c  How  was  their  infolence  furprisM 
To  hear  his  thunders  roll  ! 
And  all  the  foes  of  Zion  feiz'd 
with  horor  to  the  foul ! 
4  Thus  fhall  the  men  who  hate  the  faints 
Be  blafted  from  the  Iky  ; 
Their  gicry  fade,  their  courage  faints, 
And  all  their  proje&s  die. 
In  What  tho'  they  flourifh  tall  and  fair  I 
They  have  not  root  beneath  5        m 
Their  growth  fhall  perifh  in  deipair, 
And  lie  defpis'd  in  death.} 
T8  So  corn  which  on.  the  houfe-top  ftands, 
L       No  hope  of  harveft  gives: 

The  reaper  ne'er  fhall  fill  his  hands, 

Nor  binder  fold  the  fheaves. 

a  It  fp rings  and  withers  on  the  place  j 

No  traveller  beftows 

^  word  of  bleffing  on  the  grafs, 

Nor  minds  it  as  he  goes,  j 

PSALM    cxxx.    Common  Metre*, 
Pardoning  grace. 


^UT  of  the  deeps  of  long  diftrefs 
*|  The  borders  of  difpair, 
lfentmy  cries  to  feekthy  grace, 
My  groans  to  move  thine  ea- 


o! 


5  Great  God,  fhould  thy  feverer  eye^ 
And  thine  impartial  ba«A 


*H  PSALM       «XXX, 

Mark  and  revenge  iniquity. 
No  mortal  flefh'  could  Hand. 
3  But  there  are  pardons  with  my  God 
For  crimes  of  high  degree  $ 
Thy  Son  has  bou^ftt  them  with  his  blood 
To  draw  us  near  to  thee. 
4.  [I  wait  for  thy  fatvation,  Lord, 
With  ftrong  deli  res  I  wait  j 
Mv  foul  invited  by  thy  word, 
Stands  watching  at  thy  gate.] 
5  [Juft  as  the  guards  who  keep  the  night 
Lin_>  for  the  morning  fkies, 
Watch  the  firft  beam's  of  bieakrng  light  j 
And  meet  them  with  their  eyes  j 

6  So  waits  my  foul  to  lee  thy  grace, 

Arid,  more  intent  than  they, 
Meets  the  firft  op'nings  of  thy  face, 
And  finds  a  brighter  day.] 

7  Then  in  the  Lord  let  Ifr'el  truft, 

Let  Ifr'el  feek  his  face, 
The  Lord  is  good  as  well  asjuft, 
And  plenteous  is  his  grace. 
S  There's  full  redemption  at  his  throne 
For  finners  long  enflav'd  j 
The  great  Redeemer  is  his  Son  ; 
And  Ifr'el  lhall  be  fav'd. 

F  S  A  L  M    exxx.     Long  Metre. 

Pardoning  grace. 

ROM  deepdiftrefs  and  troubled  thoughts, 
To  thee,  my  God,  i  raife  my  cries  : 
If*  thou  feverely' mark  our  faults, 
Nofiefhcan  ftamt  before  thine  eyes. 

2  But  thou  haft  built  thy  throne  of  grace, 
Free  to  difpenfe  thy  pardons  there  ; 
That  finners  may  approach  thy  face, 
And  hope,  and  live,  as  well  as  fear. 

3  As  the  benighted  pilgrims  wait, 

And  'ong  and  wi  h  fer  breaking  day, 
So  waits  my  foul  before  thy  gate  : 
When  will -my  God  his  facedifpiay  ? 

4  My  truft  is  fix'd  upon  thy  word, 
Norfhall  I  truft  thy  word  in  vain  : 
Lrt  mourning  fouls  addrefs  the  Lord, 
And  find  reuef  from   ail  their  pain. 

£  Great  is  his  love,  and  large  his  grace, 
Thro' the  redemption  of  his  Sonj 
He  turns  our  feet  from  finful  ways, 
And  pardons  what  turhands  have  done. 


F 


f  SAL    M       ©XXXI.  ,§  |- 

P  S  A  L  M    cxxxi. 

Humility  andfubmifSoij. 

S   TS  there  ambition  in  my  heart  ? 
JL   Search,  gracious  God,  and  fee  s 
Or  do  I  act  a  haughty  part  ? 
Lord,  I  appeal  to  thee, 
s  I  charge  my  though:*,  be  humble  ftlll^ 
And  all  my  carnage  mild, 
Content,  my  Father,  with  thy  will. 
And  quiet  as  a  child.  <* 
3  The  patient  foul,  the  lowly  mind 
Shall  have  a  large  reward  $ 
Let  faints  in  forrowlie  retign'd, 
And  truft  a  faithful  Lord. 


PSA 

L 

M 

CXXXII. 

Long  Metre. 

At  the  fettleme*t  of 

a  church  j 

or,  the  Oriiaatien 

of 

a  Minifter. 

I  "IT  THERE  mail  v-.  g0  feek  and  fin* 
V V     An  habitation  for  our  God, 
A  dwelling  forth' eternal  mind 
Amongft  the  fons  of  fiefh  and  blood  ! 

S'The  G<sk  of  Jacob  chofe  the  hill 
Of  Zion,  for  his  ancient  reft  $ 
And  Zion  is  his  dwelling  ftill, 
His  church  is  with  his  prefence  bJef. 

3  '*  Here  Will  I  fix  my  gracious  throne, 
ti  And  reign  forever,"  faith  the  Lord  $ 

"  Here  (hall  my  pow'r  and  love  be  known, 
fi  And  bleflSngs  Thall  attend  my  word. 

4  *■'  Here  will  I  meet  the  hungry  poor, 

"  And  fill  their  fouls  with  living  bread  j 
te  Sinners  who  wait  he''  :-e  my  d»or, 
*'  With  fweet  proviiion  fhall  be  fed. 

5~"  Girded  with  truth,  and  clothM  with  grace, 
"  My  priefts,  my  minifters  lhall  (nine  } 
"  Not  Aaron  in  hi«  chilly  drefs, 
*f  Made  an  appearance  fo  divine. 

£  u  The  faints,  unable  to  contain 

'**  Their  inward  j oy6,  maiimoutand  fin*  s 
"  The  Son  of  Davie  here  /hall  reign, 
'**  And  Zion  triumph  in  her  King. 

£7  "  My  Son  mall  fee  a  num'roua  feed 

*  ie  Born  here  t'  uphold  hisglor'ous  namej 
"  His  crown  {hall  flourifh  on  his  head, 
i*  While  aD  his  foes  areciota'd  with  iharae."J 


*q6  P    S    A    L    M        6X XXII, 

PSALM      CXXXII.   Common  Metre, 

A  church  eftabliflxed. 

£*  ^\T^  ^eeP  nor  flumber  to  his  eyes 
JJNI    Good  David  would  afford, 
'Till  he  had  found,  below  the  ikies, 
A  dwelling  for  the  Lord. 

2  The  Lord  in  Zion  piac'd  his  name, 

His  ark  wao  fettled  there  ; 
To  Zion  the  whole  nation  came, 
To  worihip  thrice  a  year. 

3  But  we  have  no  fuch  lengths  to  go, 

No,  wander  far  abro£d  ; 
Where-e'er  thy  faints  allemble  now, 
There  is  a  houie  for  God.] 


4  Arife,  O  King  of  grace,  arife  ! 

And  enter  to  thy  reft, 
Lo  !  thy  church  waits  with  longing  eye§, 
Thus' to  be  own'd  and  bleft. 

5  Enter  with  all  tny  glor'ous  train, 

Thy  fpirit,   and  thy  word  ; 
All  which  the  ark  did  once  contain 
Could  no  fuch  grace  afrord. 

6  Here,  mighty  God,  accept  our  vows, 

Here  let  thy  praife  be  fpread  ; 
Elefs  the  provisions  of  thy  houfe, 

And   fill  thy  poor  with  bread. 
7.  Here  let  the  Son  of  Pavid  reign, 

Let  God's  anointed  mine  5 
Jufticeand  truth  his  courts  maintain, 

With  love  and  pcw'r  divine. 
8  Here  let  him  hold  a  1  arcing  throne, 

And  as  his  kingdom  grows, 
.Frefn  honors  mail  adorn  his  crown, 

And  ihame  confound  his  foes. 

ISALM     CXXXIII.      Common  Metre, 

Brotherly  love. 

J  T    O,  what  an  entertaining  fight 
\^j  Arc  brethren  who  agree, 
Brethren,  whofe  cheirful  Jaei'rts  unite 
In  bonds  of  piety! 
{^When  ftreams  of  lcu%  from  thrift  the  fprin'£ 
%&&lA  ;o  tv'r-.'  foul. 


PSALM       CXXXiUr  *|.7- 

And  heav'nly  peace,  with  bslmy  winj, 
Shades  and  bedews  the  whole  : 

3  'Tis  like  the  oil,  divinely  fweet, 

On  Aaron's  rev'rend  head, 
The  trickling  drops  perfum'd  his  feet3 
And  o'er  his  garments  i'pread. 

4  'Tis  pleafantas  the  morning  dews 

Which  fall  on  Zion's  hill, 
Where  God  his  milueft  glory  fhews, 
And  makes  his  grace  diftil. 


P^  A  L  M    CXXX1IL   Common  Metre. 

Cemmunion  of  faints ;    or,    Love    and  worfhip  ia  a» 
family. 

*  T)LEST  are  the  forts  of  peace 
X3  Whofe  hearts  and  hopes  are  one, 
Whofe  kind  deiigns  to  ferve  and  pleafe., 
Thro'  all  their  ailions  run. 
%  Bleftisthe  pious  houfe 

Where  zeal  and  friendihip  meet, 
Their  fongs  of  praife,  their  mingled  vows 
Make  their  commun'on  fweet. 
J  Thus,  when  on  Aaron's  head 

They  pour'd  the  rich  perfume, 
The  oil  through  all  his  raiment  fpread, 
And  pleafure  fill'd  the  room. 
4  Thus  on  the  heav'nly  hills, 
The  faints  are  bieft  above, 
Where  joy  like  morning  dew  dirtils,! 
And  all  the  air  is  love. 

PSALM    CXXXIII, 

The  bleilings  of  frlendfhip. 

2  TTOW  pleafant  'tis  to  fee 

|_  X    Kindred  and  friends  agree, 
Each  in  their  proper  ftation  move, 

And  each  fulfil  their  part. 

With  fympathizriig  heart, 
In  all  the  cares  of  life  and  love  ! 

3  'Tis  like  the  ointment  Ihed 

On  Aaron's  facred  head, 
Divinely  rich,  divinely  fweet  5 

The  oil  thro'  all  the  room 

DifTus'd  a  choice  perfume, 
Ran' through  hisrekes  and  felefthis  fes"^ 


j95  PSALM        eXXXlV. 

3  Like  fruitful  fhow'rs  of  rain 
Which  vater  a)i  the  plain, 
Defcendin?  from  the  ncigh'bring  hill*£ 
buch  ftreamsof  pleafure  roll, 
Through  «v'ry  friendly  foul, 
Where  lov*  like  heav'nly  dew  diftils. 

PSALM      CXXXIV. 

Daily  and  nightly  devotioa. 

1  \7"E  who  obey  th'  immortal  King* 
I      Attend  his  holy  place, 
Bow  to  the  glories  of  his  pow'r, 
And  blefs  hi*  wonu'rous  grace. 

2  Lift  up  your  hands  by  morning  light, 

And  fend  your  fouls  on  high  ; 
Raife  you/  admiring  thoughts  by  night 
Above  the  ftarry  iky. 

3  The  God  of  Zion  chears  your  hearts 

With  rays  of  quick  Ving  grace  ; 
Tke  God  who  fpread  the  heav'ns  abroad, 
And  rules  the  fwelling  feas. 

PSALM    4xxxv.      Firft  Part.     Long  Metre.. 

The  Church  is  God's  houfe  and  care. 

I  T)RAlSEyetheLord  ;  exalt  his  name, 

J7    While  in  his  holy  courts  ye  wait, 

Ye  faints,  who  to  his  houfe  belong,- 

Or  ftand  attending  at  his  gate, 
i  Praife  ye  the  Lord  $  the  Lord  is  good  $ 

To  praife  his  name  is  fweet  employ; 

Ifr'el  he  chofe  of  old  ;  and  frill 

His  church  is  h'13  pecul'ar  joy. 
3  The  Lord  himfclf  will  judge  his  faints  ; 

He  treats  his  fervants  as  his  friends ; 

And  when  he  hears  their  fore  complaints. 

Repents  the  forrows  which  he  fends. 
$  Thro'ev'iy  age  the  Lord  declares 

His  name,  and  breaks  th'  opprefTors  rod  '• 

He  gives  his  futT'ring  fervanU  reft. 

4     And  will  te  known  th'  Almighty  God. 

5  Blefs  ye  the  Lord,  who  tafte  his  lore* 

People  and  priefts  exalt  his  name  ; 

Amon^  his  faints  he  ever  dwells:  ' 

His  church  is  his  Jerplal»m. 


p  s  a  l  m     cxxxv.  m 

PSALM     cxxxv.     Second  Part. 
The  works  of  creation,    providence,   redemption  of 
Ifrael,  and  deftruftion  of  enemies 

GREAT  is  the  Lord,  exalted  high, 
Above  all  pow'rs  and  ev'ry  throne; 
Wh  ate'er  he  pleafe  in  earth  or  fea, 
Or  heaven,  or  hell,  his  hand  hath  done. 
>  At  his  command  the  vapours  rife, 
The   lioht'mngs  flam,  the  thunaers  roar, 
He  pours  the  rain,  he  brings  the  wind 
And  tempeft,  from  his  airy  ftore. 
-  'Twas  he  whofe  dreadful  tokens  fent, 
J  O  E^ypt  !  Thio'  thy  ftubborn  land; 
When  all  thy  nrft  born,  beaits  and  men3 
Fell  dead  by  his  avenging  hand.  ^ 
4  What  mighty  nations,  mighty  kings 
He  flew,  and  their  whoie  country  gave 
To  lfr'el,  whom  his  hand  redeem'd, 
No  more  to  be  proud  Pharaoh's  flave. 
5  Hispow'r  the  fame,  the  fame  his  grace, 
Whofaves  us  from  the  hofts  of  heh, 
And  heav'nhe  gives  us  to  poffeis, 
Whence  thofe  apoftate  angels  fell. 

PSALM     cxxxv.     Common  Metre, 

Praife  due  to  God,  not  to  L'ols.. 

AWAKE,  ye  faints,  to  praife  your  King3 
Youv  fweeteft  paffions  raife.^ 
Yourpio-is  pteafure,  vvhne  youfing, 
Increafirig  with  the  p-  aile. 
i  Great  is  the  Lord  :   and  ^orks  unknown 
Are  his  divine  employ  ; 
But  ftill  his  faints  are  near  his  throne, 
His  treaiureand  his  joy. 

3  HeavY,  earth  „nd  fea  confefs  his  hand  ; 

He  bids  the  vapours  rife  ; 
Light'nin^  andftorm  at  h^command 
Sweep  through  the  iOur:ji^^  ikies. 

4  Allpow'r  which  gods  or  kings  have  clalm'd 

.  Is  found  with  hi«n  alone, 
But  heathen  gods  ihouid  ne'er  be  nam'd 
Where  our  Jehovah's  known. 

5  Which  of  the  flocks  or  ftonesthey  truft 

Can  give  them  ihow'rs  of  rain  ? 
In  vain  they  wo'ih'.p  gutt'ring  duftj 
Afcd  pray  to  gold  in  vain  1 


200  PSALM"        C  XX  XVI, 

[6  Their  Gods  have  tongues  which  cannot  talkr 
Such  as  their  makers  gave  : 
Their  feet  were  ne'er  dellgn'd  to  walk  j. 
Nor  hands  have  pow'r  to  fave. 

7  Blind  are  their  eyes,  their  ears  are  deaf,, 

Nor  hear  when  mortals  pray  j 

Mortals,  who  wait  for  their  relief, 

Are  blind  ~-nd  deaf  as  they.] 

8  Ne.v-England  know  thy  iiving  God> 

Serve  him  with  faith  and  fear  $ 

He  makes  thy  churches  his  abode. 

And  claims  thine  honors  there. 


P  S  L  A  M    cxxxvi.    Common  Metre;. 

£od's  wonders  of  creation,  providence,  redemption  «$ 
Ifrael,  and  falvation  of  his  people. 

1  /^  1VE  thanks  to  God  the  fov'reign  Lordj. 
VJT  His  mercies  ftill  endure, 

And  be  the  King  of  kings  ador'd  : 
His  truth  is  ever  lure. 

2  What  wonders  hath  his  wifdom  done 

How  mighty  is  his  hand  ! 
Heav'n,  earth  and  feahe  fram'd  alone", 
How  wide  is  hi«  command  ! 

3  The  fun  fupplies  the  day  with  light, 

How  bright  his  counfels  mine  ! 
The  moon  and  ftars  adorn  the  night 
His  Works  are  all  divine. 
[4.  He  ftruckthefons  of  Egypt  dead, 
How  dreadful  is  his  rod  ! 
And  thence  with  joy  his  people  led  : 
How  gracious  is  our  God  ! 
5  He  cleft  the  fwelling  fea  in  two  5 
His  arm  is  great  in  might  ! 
And  gave  the  tribes  a  pafiage  through  j, 
His  grace  and  pow'i   unite. 
C  But  Pharaoh's  army  there  he  crown'd  $ 
How  glor'ous  are  his  ways  ! 
And  brought  his  faints  thro  defart  ground  j 
Eternal  be  his  praife. 
7  Great  monarchs  fell  beneath  his  hand  j 
Virlv.,ous  ishis  fword  $ 
"Wh  h  Ifr'el  took  the  promis'd  land  : 
And  faithful  is  his  word.] 
$r  He  fu.w  the  nations  dead  in  fin  j 
He  fel't  his  pity  move  j 


g>    $    A    L    -M    CXXX^I,  «« 

^low  fad  the  ftate  the  world  was  in  ! 
How  boundlefVwas  his  love  ! 
fc  He  fent  to  fave  us  from  pur  woe  j 
3       His  goodnefs  never  fails  ! 

From  death  and  hell,  andevry  foe, 

And  ftill  his  grace  prevails.  «-•.,; 

IO  Give  thanks  t,  God,  the  heav'nly  King* 
His  mercies  ftill  endure, 
Let  the  whole  earth  his  praifes  fang  • 
His  truth  is  ever  fure. 

P   S  A  L  M    cxxxvi. 

s  sf^1 IVE  thanIfs  t0  ^od  moft  hl§h' 

1    '^LiT  Tne  univerfal  Lord, 
Tne  fov'reign  King  of  king?, 
And  be  his  grace  ador'd. 
His  pow'rand  grace 
Are  ftill  the  fame*  " 
And  let  his  name_ 
Have  endlefs  praife* 
a  How  mighty  is  his  hand  ! 
What  wonders  hath  he  done  . 
He  form'd  the  earth  and  leas. 
And  fpread  the  heav'ns  alone* 
Thy  mercy,  Lord, 
Shall  ftill  endure  j 
And  ever  fure 
Abides  thy  word. 
*  His  wifdom  fram'd  the  fun 
To  crown  the  day  with  light ; 
The  moon  and  twinkling  ftars. 
To  chearthedarkfome  night, 
His  pow'r  and  grace 
Are  ftill  the  fame  j 
And  let   his  name 
Have  endlefs  praife. 
fk  He  fmote  the  firft  born  fan*, 
'"  The  flow' r  of  Egypt,  dead  : 
And  thence  his  chofen  tribtt 
ffith  joy  and  glory  led. 
Thy  mercy,  Lord, 
Shall  ftill  endure  } 
And  ever  fure 
Abides  thy  word. 
•*  His  pow'r  and  lifted  rod 
**  Cleft  the  red  fea  in  two  J 
And  for  his  people  made    • 
A  wond'rous  paflage  throu§*» 
His  pow'r  and  grace 
Ars  gill  the  fc^e*     . 


p  PSALM        CXXXVI. 

And  Jet  his  name 
Haveendieis  praife. 

6  But  cruel   Pharaoh  there 
With  ail  his  hoft  he  drowri'd  j    . 
And  brought  his  Ifr'el  fafc 
Thro1  a  long  delartground. 

Thy  mercy,  Lord, 
Shail    itiii' endure  j 
And  ever  lure  ■ 
Abices  thy  word. 

PAUSE. 

7  The  Kings  of  Canaan  feJl 
Beneath   his  dreadful  hand  ; 
Whi  own  f-iv  ints  took; 
r  -  .  effi  ••  oftheir  .and. 

His  pow'r  an  j  grace 

Are  ilill  the  fame  j 

And  Sethis  name 

Have    endiefs  praife.] 
S  He  faw  the  nations  lie 
An  periilung  i.    fin, 
And  pity'd  the  fad  ftate 
The  ruin'd  world  was  in* 

Thy  rriercv,  Lora, 

Shall  ftil]  endure  ; 

And  everfure 

Abides  thy  word. 
9  He  fen?  his  onlv  fon 

To  fave  us  from  our  woe, 
From  iatan  fin  and  death 
And  ev'ry  hurtful  foe. 

His  pow'r  and  grace 

Are  ftill  the  lame; 

And  let  his  name 

Have  endlefs  praife. 
'  io  Give  thanks  aloud  to  God, 
To  God  theheav'nly  King  j 
And  let  thefpacious  earth 
His  works  and  glories  fing. 

Thy  mercy,  Lord, 

Shall ftiil  endure, 

And  ever  fure 

Abides  thy  word. 


1'  S  A  L  M     cxxxvi.     Abridged.     Long    Me: re, 


GlV 
M 


VE  to  the  Lord  immortal  praife  ! 
Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways ! 


PSALM      CXXXVIII.  2©3 

Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 

Repeat  his  mercies  in  \our  long. 
It  Give  to  the  Lord  of  lords  renown, 
*  The  King  of  kings,  with  glory  crown, 

His  mercies  ever  lh  all  endure, 

When  lords  and  kings  are  known   no  more. 

3  He  built  the  earth,  hefpread  the  Iky, 
And  fix'd  the  liar  y  lights  on  frgh  : 
Wonders  of  grace  to   G.  d  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  long 

4  He  fills  the  fun  with  morning  light, 
He  bids  the  moon  direct  the  night  j 
His  mercies  ever  mail  endure, 

When  funs  and  moon?  mail  mine  no  more* 

5  The  Jews  he  freed  from  Pharaoh's  hands 
;     And  brought  them  to  the  promii'd  land  ! 

Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

6  He  fawthe  Gentiles  dead  in  fin, 
And  felt  his  pity  work  within  : 
His  mercies  ever  mall  endure, 

When  death  and  fin  fhall  reign  no  more. 

7  He  fent  his  Son  with  pow'r  to  fave 
From  guilt  and  darknefs,  and  the  grave  j 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong,  5 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

§  Thro'  this  vain  world  he  guides  our  feet, 
And  leads  us  to  his  heav'nly  feat  : 
His  mercies  ever  fhall  endure, 
When  this  vain  world  fhall  be  no  more. 

PSALM     cxxxvin.     Long  Metre. 

Reftormg  and  preferving  grace. 

i  "'CTf  7ITH  all  mypow'rs  of  heart  and  tongue 
V  V     I'll  praife  my  Maker  in  my  fong  j 

Angels  fhalihear  the  notes  Iraife, 

Approve  the  fong  and  join  the  praife. 
[a  Angels  v/ho  make  thy  church  their  care 

Shall  witnefs  my  devotions  there, 

While  holy  zeal dire&s  my  eyes 

To  thy  fair  tern  pie  in  the  Ikies.] 

3  I'll  fingthy  truth,  and  mercy  Lord, 
I'll  fing  the  wonders  of  thy  word  ; 
Not  all  the  works  and  names  below 
So  much  thy  pow'r  and  glory  mow. 

4  To  God  I  cry'd  when  troubles  rofe  ; 
He  heard  me,  and  fubdu'd  my  foes  ; 
He  did  my  riling  fears  contrcul, 

Aud  ftrengtfi  dimis'd  through  all  my  feuh 


g#*  PSALM      exxxix. 

5  The  Go  J  of  heav'n  maintains  his  ftate, 
Frowns  on  the  proud  .md  fcorns  the  great,' 

But  from  his  throne  deicends  to  fee 

The  fons  of  humble  poverty. 
<5  Amidft  a  thoufand  fnares  I  ftand 

Upheld  and  gu  .rded  by  thy  hand  ! 

Thy  words  my  fainting  foul  revive, 

And  keep  my  dying  faith  alive. 
7  Grace  will  compleaf  what  grace  j»gins, 

Tofavefrom  forrows  or  from  fins  : 

The  works  which  wifdom  undertakes 

Erernal  mercy  ne'er  forfakes. 

P  S  ALM  cxxxtx.    Firft  Part.    Long  Metre. 

The  All-feeing  Go  J. 

^I   T    ORD,  thou  haft  fearchM  and  feen  me  through  i 
I  j  Thine  eye  commands  with  piercing  view, 
Myrifing  and  myrefting  hour?, 
My  heart  and  flefh,  with  all  their  pow'rs. 

•a  My  thoughts  before  they  are  my  own, 
Are  to  my  God  diftin&Iy  knr*vn } 
He  knows  the  words  1  mean  to  fpeak 
E'er  from  my  op'ninglips  they  break. 

>3  Within  thy  circling  pow'r  I  ftand  ; 
On  ev'ry  fide  I  find  thy  hand  : 
Awake,  afleep,  at  home,  abroad, 
I  am  furrounded  ftill  with  God. 

4  Amazing  knowledge,  vaft  and  great  ' 
What  large  extent  !  what  lofty  height ! 
My  foul,  with  all  the  pow'is  I  bcait, 
Are  in  the  boundlefs  profpedl  loft. 

5  O  may  thefe  thoughts  poffefsmy  breaft 
Where'er  I  rove,  where-e'er  I  reft  ! 
Nor  le'  my  meaner  paflions  dare 
Confent  to  fin,  for  God  is  there. 

P    A    U    S    E    I. 

..#  Could  I  fo  falfe,  fo  faithlefs  prove, 

To  quit  thy  fervice  and  thy  love, 

Where,  Lord,  could  I  thy  prefence  fhun, 

Or  from  thy  dreadful  glory  run  ? 

7  If  up  to  heav'n  I  take  my  flight, 

'Tis  there  thou  dweH'ft  enthran'd  in  light  J 
Or  dive  to  hell,  there  veng'ance  reigns, 
And  Satan  groans  beneath  his  chains. 
'$  If,  mounted  on  a  morning  ray, 
J  fly  beyond  the  Weftera  fea, "" 


PSALM       tXXMM 

Thy  fwifter  hand  would  firft  arrive, 

And  there  arreft  thy  fugitive. 
9  Or  ihould  I  try  to  fliun  thy  fight 

Beneath  the  fpreading  veil  or  night. 

One  glance  of  thine,  one  piercing  ray 

Would  kindle  darknels  into  day. 
10..  Omay  thefe  thoughts  poffefsmy  breaft 

Where-e'er  1  rove,  where-e'er  I  reft  ! 

Nor  let  my  meaner  pafTions  dare 

Confent  to  fin,  for  God  is  there 

P    A    U    S    E.    II, 

21  The  veil  of  night  is  no  difguife, 

Nor  fcreen  from  thy  all-fe arching  eyes  ; 
Thy  hand  can  feize  thy  foes  asfoon 
Thro'  midnight  fnadesr  as  blazing  noon> 

22  Midnight  and  noon,  in  this  agree,' 
Great  God,  they're  both  alike  to  thee,- 
Nor  death  can  hide  what  God  will  fpy. 
And  hell  lies  naked  to   his  eye. 

13  O  may  thefe  thougths  poffefs  my  breaft 
Where -eer  I  rove,  where-e'er  I  reft  ! 
Nor  let  my  mea  ner  paffions  dare 
€onfent  to  fin,  for  God  is  there. 

PSALM       cxxxix.      Second  Part. 

The  wonderful  formation  of  man. 

•1  '^T^WAS  from  thy  hand,  my   God,  I  came> 
X      A  work  of  fuch  a  cur'eus.  frame  J 
In  me  thy  fearful  wonders  mine, 
And  each  proclaim  ihy  will  divine. 

2- Thine  eyes  did  all  my  limbs  furvey, 
Which  yet  in  dark  confuiionlay  : 
Thou  faw'ft  the  daily  growth  they  tookj 
Form'd  by  the  model  of  thy  book. 

3  By  thee  my  growing  parts  were  nam'd, 
And  what  thy  fov'reign  counleis  fram'd, 
(The  breathing  lungs,  the  beating  heart^ 
Were  copy'd  with  unerring  aft. 

4  At  Ijfi,  toihew  my  Maker's  name, 
God  ftamp'd  his  ima^e  on  my  frame, 
And  in  fome  unknown  moment  join's 
The  finifli'd  members  to  the  mind. 

c^There  rhe  young  feeds  of  thought  btgaraj 
"And  all  the  pafiions  of  the  man  : 

Great  God,  our  infent  nature  rays 

Isfcfeioifel  tribute  u  tfcy.  j  raifc. 


a<,5  PSALM      CXXXIX. 

Pause. 

6  Lord,  fince in  my  advancing  age 

I've  acted  on  life's  bufy  ftage, 

Thy  thoughts  of  love  to  meiurmount 

The  paw'r  of  numbers  to  recount. 
,7  I  could  furvey  the  ocean  o'er, 

And  count  each  fand  which  makes  the  more, 

Before  my  fwifteft  thoughts  could  trace 

The  numerous  wonders  of  thy  grace. 
t  Thefe  on  my  heart  areftil)  impreft, 

With  thefe  I  give  my  eyes  to  reft  : 

And  at  my  waking  hour  I  find 

God  and  his  love  poffeis  my  mind. 

PSALM    exxxix.    Third  Part. 

Sincerity  profefr,   and   grace  tried"  j  or,  The  heart- 
fearching  God. 

I   TyyTY  God  what  inward  grief  I  feel 

J.VJL  Whenimp'ous  men  tranfgrefs  thy  will, 

I  mourn  to  hear  their  lips  prophage, 

Take  thy  tremenduous  name  in  vain, 
a  Does  not  my  foul  deteft  and  hate 

The  fens  of  malice  and  deceit  ? 

Thole  who  oppofe  thy  laws  and  thee, 

I  count  them  enemies  to  me. 

3  Lord,  fearch  my  foul,  try  ev'ry  thought  j 
Tho'  my  own  heart  accule  me  not 

Of  walking  in  a  falfe  difguife, 
1  beg  the  trial  of  thine  eyes. 

4  Doth  fecretmifchief  lurk  within  ? 
'    Do  I  indulge  fome  unknown  fin  ? 

O  turn  my  feet  when-e'er  I  ftray, 
And  lead  me  in  thy  perfect  way. 

PSALM    CXXXIX.    Firft  Part.  Com.  Metre. 

God  is  every  where. 

I.  TN-  all  my  vaft  concerns  with  thee, 
X     In  vain  my  foul  would  try 
To  fhun  thy  prcfence,  Lord,  or  flee 
The  notice  of  thine  eye. 
*  Ifhy  all-furrounding  fight  furveys 
My  riling  and  my  reft. 
My  public  walks,  my  private  waye, 
An 4  fsscrsts  of  mi    krea$. 


PSALM     CXXXIX.  2©? 

Mv  thoughts  lie  open  to  the  Lord, 

'Befrre  they're  form'd  with"!  , 
And  e'er  my  lips  pronounce  the  word, 

He  knows  the  fenfe  I  mean, 
i   O  wond'rous  knowledge  deep  and  high? 
r       Where  can  a  creature  hide  ! 
Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 
Beleton  ev'ry  iide. 
t  So  let  thy  grace  furround  me  ftill, 
And  like  a  bulwark  prove, 
To  guard  my  foul  from  ev'ry  ill, 
Secur'd  by  fov' reign  love. 


6  Lord,  where  mall  guilty  fouls  retire, 
Forgotten  and  unknown  ; 
In  hell  they  meet  the  dreadful  fire,      , 
In  heav'nthy  glor'ous  throne. 
-j  Should  I  fupprefs  my  vital  breath, 
To 'fcape  the  wrath  divine, 
Thy  voice  would  break  the  bars  of  deatn, 
And  make  the  grave  reugn. 
S  If  wing'd  with  beams  of  morninglight, 
I  fly  beyond  the  Weft, 
Thy  hand,  which  muft  fupport  my  flight, 
Would  foon  betray  my  reft. 
a   If  o'er  my  fina  I  think  to  draw 
The  curtains  of  the  night, 
Thofe  naming  eyes  which  guard  thy  law, 
V/ould  turn  the  fhades  to  light. 
10  The  beams  of  noon  the  midnighthour, 
Are  both  alike  to  Jthee  : 
O  may  I  ne'er  provoke  that  pow'r 
From  which  I  cannot  flee  1 

PSALM     cxxfcuh     Second  Part. 

Thewifdom  of  God  in  the  formation  of  man. 

WHEN  I  with  pleafing  wonder 'ftand, 
And  ailmy  feme  iuryey, 
L'oxd,  'tis  thy  work;  I  own,  thy  hand 
Thus  built  my  humble  clay. 
.  Thy  hand  my  heart  and  reigas  poffeft  % 
"      Where  unborn  nature  grew  ;.  . 
Thy  wifdom  ail  my  features  trac  d, 
And  all  my  members  drew. 
,  Thine  eye  with  niceft  care  furvey  d, 
■'The  growls  of  ev'ry  part  j 
C    £ 


so!  p  s  a  l  m      exxxrx. 

"Till  the  whole  fcheme  thy  tho'ts  had  laid 

Was  copy'd  by  thy  art. 
tf  Heav'n,  earth  and  fea,  and  fire  and  wind* 

Shew  me  thy  wond'rous  fkill  j 
But  I  review  myfeif  and  find, 

Diviner  wonderi  ftilJ. 
y  Thy  awful  glories  round  me  mine, 

My  flefti  proclaims  thy  praife  } 
tord,  to  thy  works  of  nature,  join 

Thy  miracles  of  grace. 

FS  ALM    cxxxix.     Second  Part. 

The  mercie3  of  God  innumerable. 
An  Evening  Pfalm. 

J  "I*    ORD  when  I  count  thy  mercies  o'er, 
I  a     They  ftrike  me  with  furprife  \ 
Not  all  the  lands  which  fpread  the  ihorCy 
To  equal  numbers  rife. 
2  My  flefh  with  fear  and  wonder  ftands 
Theprodudcf  thy  /kill  ; 
And  hourly  blefiings  from  thy  hands 
Thy  thoughts  of  love  reveal. 
j  Thefe  on  my  heart  by  night  I  keep  ; 
How  kind,  how  dear  to  me  ! 
O  may  the  hour  which  ends  my  flee* 
Still  find  ray  thoughts,  with  thee. 

PSALM    cxli. 

Watchfulnefs  and  brotherly  reproof. 
A  Morning  or  Evening  Pfalm. 

j  \  JTY  God  accept  my  early  vows, 

J.V1  Like  morning  incenfe  in  thine  houfc, 
And  let  my  nightly  v/orfhip  rife 
Sweet  as  the  ev'ning  facrifice. 

%  Watch  o'er  my  lips,  and  guard  them,  Lord? 
From  ev'ry  raih  and  heedlefs  word  j  ;. 

Nor  let  my  feet  incline  to  tread 
The  guilty  path  where  finners  lead. 

»  O  may  the  right'ous,  when  I  ftray, 
Smite  and  reprove  my  wand'ring  way I 
Their  gentle  words,  like  ointment  flied, 
Shall  never  bruiic,  but  cheer  my  head, 
a  When  I  behold  them  preilwith  grief 
I'll  cry  to  heav'n  for  their  relief  i 
And  by  my  warm  petitions  prove 
flow  much  Ipriae  U»«r  faithful  I«tf» 


g>    5    A    L    M        CXf.II. 
PSALM      cxlii. 

God  is  the  hope  of  the  helplefs. 

i  T^O  God  I  made  ray  forrows  known, 
From  God  I  fought  relief  j 
In  long  complaints  before  his  throne, 
I  pour'd  out  all  my  grief. 
%  My  foul  was  overwhelm' d  with  woes, 
My  heart  began  to  break  5 
My  God,  who  all  my  burdens  knows* 
He  knows  the  way  I  take. 
3  On  ev'ry  fide  I  caftmine  eye, 
'       And  found  my  helpers  gone. 
While  friends  and  ftrangers  pais  d  me  fey 
Neglected  or  unknown. 
&  Then  did  I  raife  a  louder  cry, 
*      And  call'd  thy  mercy  near, 
«  Thou  art  my  Portion  when  I  <lie, 
Be  thou  my  refuge  here. 
c  Lord,  I  am  brought  exceeding  low, 
Now  let  thine  ear  attend  ; 
aS  make  my  foes,  who  vex  me,  know 
I've  an  Almighty  rnend. 
$  From  my  fad  prifon  fct  me  free, 
Then  mall  1  praife  thy  name  ; 
And  holy  men  mall  join  with  me 
Thy  kindnefs  to  proclaim. 

PSALM    cxliii. 
Complaint  of  heavy  afflictions  in  mind  and  body. 


"M 


Y  right'ous  judge,  my  gracious  God, 
x  Here  when  I  fpread  my  hands  abroad, 
And  cry  for  fuccour  from  thy  throne, 
-0  make  thy  truth  and  mercy  known ! 

a  Let  judgment  notagainft  me  pafs  ; 
Behold  thy  fervant  pleads  thy  grace  ! 
Should  juitice  call  us  to  thy  bar, 
Nq  man  alive  isguiltlefs  there. 

5  Look  down  in  pity,  Lord,  and  fee 
The  mighty  woes  which  burden  me  5 
Down  to  the  duft  my  life  is  brought^ 
Like  one  Ions;  buried  and  forgot. 

4  I  dweirm  darknefs  and  unfeen, 

*  My  heart  is  defolate  .  witn*a.s 


2i9  PSA.  GXLl'v 

My  thoughts  in  muling  fiience  trace. 
The  ancient  wonders  of  thy  grace. 
e  Thence  I  derive  a  giimpfeot  nope 
To  bear  my  finking  ipirhs  up  ;  * 
I  firetch  iny  hands  Co-God  a^aln, 
And  thifft  like  parched  lands  for  rain. 

6  For  thee  T  thirft,  I  pray,  I  mou  n  5 
Wh   -i  will  thy  ftniling  face  return  ? 
Shall  all  mv  joys  on  earth  removej 
And  Goi  forever  hide  his  love  ? 

7  My  Go  1,  t;  y  I  Tig  delay  to  iV.ve 

;    ik  thy  pris  ner  to  the  gr*ve  ; 
Mfchsart  grows  fame  and  dim  mine  eye  ; 
ice  hafte  to  help,  before  1  die. 

8  Thenight  ^s  witnefs  lo  m-    tears, 
Diftreiiing  pains,  diftfeffing  fears  ; 

0  might  ihear  thy  morning  voice, 
How  would  my  weary'd  pow'rs  rejoice  • 

g  In  thee  1  truft,  to  thee  I  figh, 
And  liftmy  heavy  foul  on.  high: 
For  the?  fit  waiting  all  the  day, 

•  eai  the  tireiome  hours  away. 

10  Break  of  my  fetters,  Lord,  a«id  fho\ 
Which  is  the  path  ray  feet  fliouldgoj 
Jf  fnares  and  foes  befetthe  read, 

1  fly  to  ^kie  me  near  my  God. 

11  Teach  me  to  do  thy  holy  will, 
And  lead  me  to  thy  heav'rily  hill ; 
Lctthe  good  fpirit  oi  thy  love 

C  mdu&  aietothy  counts  above. 

12  Then  mall  my  foul  no  more  complain, 
The  tempter  the  e  in  vain  : 
And  rleih,  which  was    my  foe  before, 
Snail  never  vex  my  fpirit  more. 

PSALM     cxliv.     Firft  Pait. 

Afiiflance  and  victory  in  the  fpiritual  vvarfa 

1  T?3R  ever  blefied  be  the  Lord, 
JP       My  S  .viour  and  my  fhield  j 
lie  fends  his  fpirit  with  his  word, 

To  arm  me  for  the  field. 

2  When  fin  and  heil  their  force  unite, 

Hie  makes  my  foul  hi    care, 
Inftru&s  me  to  the  heav'nly  fight, 
And  guards  me  thro'  the  war. 

3  A  friend  and  helper  fo  divine_ 

Doth  my  weak  courage  raife  r 
Hemakestbe  glor'ous  ticVry  mine* 
-      And  his  ilaall  be  the  praife. 


P    S    A    L    M        ©XLIY.  Ill 

PSALM     cxliv.     Second  Part. 

The  vanity  of  man,  and  condefcenilan  of  God, 

i   y    ORD  what  Is  man,  poor  feeble  man, 
JL/     Born  of  the  earth  at  firtt  ? 
His  life  a  lhadow,  light  and  vain, 
Still  hading  to  the  dull. 
Z  O  what  is  flefele  dying  man, 
Or  any  of  his  race. 
That  God  fhould  make  it  his  concern 
To  vifit  him  tvith  grace. 
3  That  God,  who  darts  his  lightnings  down, 
Whoihakes  the  world  above, 
And  mountains  tremble  at  his  frown, 
How  wondhous  is  his  love  ! 

PSALM     cxliv.     Third  Part. 

Grace  above  riches  ;  or,  The  happy  nation. 

I  TjTAPPY  the  city  where  their  fons 

JLjL    Like  pillars  round  a  palace  let, 

And  daughters  bright  aspoiiih'd  ftones, 

Give  icrength  and  beauty  to  theft-ate. 
S  Happy  the  country  where  the  fheep, 

Cattle  and  corn,  have  large  increaie  j 

Where  men  fecurely  work  or  fleep, 

Nor  fons  of 'plunder  break  their  peace. 
3  Happy  the  nation  thus  enricw'd, 

But  more  divinely  bleft  are  thole 

On  whom  the  ali-fufficient  God 

Himielf  with  ail  his  grace  bellows. 

PSALM     cxlv.    Long  Metre. 
The  greatnefs  of  God. 

I   "\ /f  Y  God.  my  King,  thy  var'ous  pra'fs 

_i.VJL   Shall  hll  the  remnant  of  my  days  : 

Thy  grace  employ  my  humble  tongue, 

'Tiirdeath  and  glory  raife  the  long. 
S  The  wings  of  ev'ry  hour  fhail  bear 

Some  thankful  tribute  to  thine  ear 

And  ev'ry  fetting  funlhalifre 

New  works  of  duty  done  for  thee. 
3  Thy  truth  andjuftice  I'll  p-oclaim  j 

Thy  bounty  flows,  an  endhefs  ftream-; 

Thy  mercy  fwift  ;  thine  anger  flow,  " 

But  dreadful  to  the  ftu'oborn  foS3 


%ii  P    S     A     L     M    G  XXX  VI. 

4  Thy  works  with  fov'roign  glory  ih:.32  j 
And  ipe.ik.thy  Maje!*y  divine  ; 

All  nations  round  their  j&an  s  proclaim 
The  found  and  honor  of  thy1  nr.me. 

5  Let  distant  times  3nd  nations  raife 
The  longfucceilio.-iof  thy  praife: 
And  unborn  ages  make  my  long 
The  joy  and  labor  of  rireir  tongue. 

6  But  who  can  fpeak&ywondVops  d^eds  ? 
Thy  greatnefs  all  our  thoughts  exceed*  ;  | 
Vaft  and  unfearcrpb'e  thy  wavs  ; 

Tail  and  immortal  be  thy' praife  I 

PSALM     cxlv.     Firft  Part, 

The  greatnefs  of  God. 

I   T    ONGasIlive,  I'll  blefs  thy  name^ 
Li     My  Xing,  my  God  of  love; 
Mv  work  and  joy  fhall  b?.  the  fame 
In  the  bright  v/orld  abovs. 

%  Great  is  the  Lcrd,  h-s  pow'r  unknown, 
And  let  his  praife  be  great  ; 
Til  fing  the  honors  of  thy  throne, 
Thy  works  of  grace  repeal 

3  Thy  grace  mail  dwell  upon  my  tongue. 

And  while  mylips  rejoice, 
Themen  who  hear  my  facred  fong 
Shall  join  their  chearful  voice. 

4  Fathers  tofons  mail  teach  thy  name, 

And  children  learn  thy  ways  ; 

Ages  to  come  thy  truth  proclaim, 

And  nations  found  thy  praife. 

5  Thy  glor'ous  deeds  of  ancient  date 

Shall  thro*  the  world  be  known  $ 
Thine  arm  of  pow'r,  thy  heavenly  ftatC| 
With  public  fplendor  fhown. 
a  The  world  is  managed  by  thy  hands, 
-*      Thy  faints  are  rul'd  by  love  ; 
And  thine  eternal  kingdom  itand3 
Tho1  rocks  and  hills  remove. 

PSALM       axL7.      Second  Pjg, 

The  goodnefs  of  God. 

X   QWEET  is  thememV/of  thygrae'e, 
O     My  God,  my  heav'tily  Kingj 
Let  age  to  age  thy  rlght'oui'ru-fs 
In  fongs  of  glory  fine. 


PSALM       eXLV".  £73 

2  God  reigm  on  high,  but  not  confines 

His  goodnefs  to  the  fkies  ; 
Thro'  the  whole  earth  his  bounty  fhine&i 
And  ev'ry  wantlupplies. 

3  With  longing  eyes  thy  creatures  wait 

On  thee  for  daiiy  ibod, 
Thy  lib'ral  hand  provides  their  meat> 
And  fills  their  mouths  with  good. 

4  How  kind  are  thy  companions,  Lord  ? 

How  flow  thine  anger  moves   ! 
How  foon  he  fends  his  pard'ning  wor«i 
To  cheer  the  foul  he  loves. 

5  Creatures  with  all  their  endlefs  race 

Thy  pow'r  and  praife  proclaim  j 
But  faints  who  tafte  thy  richer  grace 
Deiignt  to  biefs  thy  name, 

P  S  A  L  M  .  cxlv.     Third  Part. 

Mercy  to  fufferersj;  or,  Gcd  hearing  prayeiv 

I  T     ET  ev'ry  tongue  thy  goodnefa  fpeak, 
I   j     Thou  fov'reign  Lord  of  all  ; 
Thy  ftrength'ning  hands  uphold  the  weak, 
And  raiie  the  poor  who  fail, 
a  When  forrow  bows  the  fpirit  down, 
Or  virtue  lies  diftreft, 
Beneath  fome  proud  opyrefibr's  frown* 
Thou  giv'ft  the  mourners  reft. 

3  The  Lord  fupports  our  tott'ring  days, 

And  guides  our  giddy  youth  : 

Holy  and  juft  are  all  thy  ways, 

And  all  thy  words  are  truth. 

4  He  knows  the  pain  his  iervants  fee], 

He  hears  his  children  cry, 
And  their  beft  wi flies  to  fuiiii 
His  grace  is  ever  nigh. 
J  His  mercy  never  mail  remove 
From  men  of  heart  fincere 
He  faves  the  fouis  whofe  humble  love 
Is  join'd  with  holy  fear. 
[6  His  ftubbornfoes  his  fword  fhall  flay, 
And  pierce  their  hearts  with  pain  j 
But  none  who  ferve^the  Lord  fhall  fay* 
*'  They  fought  his  aid  in  vain."* 
£7  My  lips  fh^ll  dwell  upon  his  praife, 
And  fpread  his  fame  abroad  ; 
r£«t  all  the  fons    of  Adam  raii* 
Ths  honors  «f  tteif  God: ' 


ai+  P    S    A    L    M      CXLVI. 

?  5  A  L  M     cxlti.     Long  Metre. 

Praife  to  God  for  his  gocdnefs  and  truth. 

3  T)RAJSE  ).e  ^e  L°rd  •,  my  heart  ihall  join 
X        In  works  fo  pie  .fant,  lb  divine  j 
Now  while  thefleihis  mine  abode, 
And  when  my  foul  atcendsto  God. 

2  Praife  .nail  employ  my  nobleir.  pow'rs, 
While  immortality  endures  ; 
My  days  of  praife  fhall  ne'er  be  pair, 
"SVTiiie  life  and  thought  and  b»ing  laft, 

3-  Why  fhouid  7  make  a  man  my  truft  ? 
Princes  mufl  die  and  turn  to  duft  j 
Then  breath  departs,  their  pomp  and  pow'r, 
And  thoughts,  aii  v*nifh  in  an  hour. 

4  Happy  the  rnan.whofe  hopes  lely 
Ou  lirel's  Gca  !  he  made'  the  ficy, 

And  earth,  and  feas,  with  all  their  train, 
And  none  ihall  find  his  promife  vain. 

5  His  truth  forever  ftands  fecure: 

Ke  faves  th'  oppreft,  he  feeds  the  poorj 
He  ferids  the  laVring  confcience  peace, 
And  grants  the  pris'ner  fweet  releafe. 

6  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  jive  the  blind  ; 
.The  Lord  fupports  the  finking  mind ; 

He  helps  the  Granger  in  difhefs, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherlefs. 

7  He  loves  his  faints,  he  knows  them  well, 
He  turns  the  wicked  down  to  hell  : 

Thy  God,  O  Zion  !  ever  reigns  j 
Praife  him  in  everlafting  ftrains. 

P   S  A  L  M     cxlvi. 

Praife  to  God  for  h'i3  goodnefs  and  truth. 

IT'LL  praife  my  Maker  with  my  breath  : 
J,    And,  when  my  voic*  is  loit  in  death, 
Praife  ihall  employ  my  nobler  pow'tt  : 
My  daysof  praife  ihall  ne'er  be  pail 
While  life  and  thought,  and  being  lair, 
Or  immortality  endures. 
2  Why  mould  I  male:  a  man  my  trud  ? 
Princes  muft  die  and  turn  to  dhft  ; 

Vain  is  the  help  or"  flefh  and  blood  J 
Their  breath  departs,  their  pomp  and  pow'r, 
And  thoughts  allvapiihln  an  hour, 
Nor  can  they  makethc,ir  promife  good, 
■j  Happy  the  man  whole  hopes  rely 
On  Ifr'd**Go4  1  he  made  the  iky 


PSALM        eXLVII. 

.    And  earth  and  feas,  with  all  their  train  .  " 
His  truth  forever  ftands  fecure  ; 
He  faves  th'  oppreft,  he  feeos  trie  poor, 
And  none  mail  find  his  prom-ie  vain. 
4  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind  j 
The  Lord  fupports  the  finking  mind  , 

He  fends  the  iabhing  conicience  peace,  j 
He  helps  the  ftr  anger  in  diftrefs, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherfefs, 

And  grants  the  prisoner  iweet  jeleafe. 

5  He  loves  his  faints  ;  he  knows  them  well* 
But  turns  the  wicked  down  to  neii : 

Thy  Gcd,  O  Zion !  ever  reigns  : 
Letev'ry  tongue,  let  ev'ry  age, 
In  this  exalted  work  engage  i 

Praife  him  in  evtrlafting  (trains. 

6  I'll  praife  him  while  he  lends  me  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  ioft  in  death 

Praife  lhali  employ  my  nobler  p&w'rs  $ 
My  days  of  praife  lhali  ne'er  be  pair 
Whlie  life  and  thought  and  being  iaft, 

@r  immortality  endures. 

PSALM     cxlvii.     Firft  Part. 
The  divine  nature,  providence  and  grace. 

T  Tj  RAISE  ye  the  Lord  ;   'tis  good  toraife 
JL      Our  hearts  and  voices  in  h;3  praife  j 
J-iis  nature  and  his  works  inv ice 
To  make  chis  duty  our  delight. 

S  The  Lord  builds  up  Jerufalem, 
And  gathers  nations  to  his  name  : 
His  mercy  melts  the  ft ub born  foul, 
And  makes  the  b.-oken  f  iric  whole. 

3  Heform'dthe  ftars,  chofe  he  v>,\,  flames; 
He  counts  their  numbers,  calls  thii.  names  : 
His  wifdom's  vaftj  and  knows  no. bound  ; 
A  d.-ep,  where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd. 

4  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  great  his  tniWj 
And  all  his  glories  infinite  : 

He  crowns  the  meek,  rewards  the  juft, 
And  treads  the  wicked  to  the  dlift. 


5  Sing  to  the  Lord,  exalt  him  high, 

Who  fpreads  hiselouds  all  round  the  Iky 
There  he  prepares  the  fruitful  <v  in, 
Nor  lets  thz  drops  uefcend  in  vain. 

D  d 


*«*  P    S    A    L    M      CXLYfl, 

6  He  makes  the  grafs  the  Hills  adorn, 
And  clothes  rhefmiling  fields  with  corn} 
The  beafts  with  food  his  hands  iupply> 
And  the  young  ravens  when  they  cry. 

rj  What  is  the  creature's  /kill  or  force, 
The  fprightly  man,  the  warlike  horfe  * 
The  nimbie  wit,  the  active  iimb, 
All  are  too  mean  delights  for  him. 

8  But  faints  are  lovely  in  his  fight  j 
He  views  hii  children  with  delight; 
He  fees  their  hope,  he  knows  their  fear  5 
And  looks  and  loves  his  image  there* 

PS  ALMcxlvii.     Second  Partis 

Summer  and  Winter. 
A  Song  for  America. 

J  /COLUMBIA  !  praife  thy  mighty  God, 
V>l   Ana  make  hij  honors  known  abroad  f 
He  bids  the  ocean  round  theeflowj 
Not  bars  of  brafs  could  guard  theefo. 

2  Thy  children  are  fecure  and  bleft ; 
Thy  fhores  have  peace,  thy  cities  reft  j 
He  fee  s  thy  ions  with  fi-neft  wheat, 
And  adds  his  blefling   to  their  meat* 

3  Thy  changing  feafons  he  ordains, 
Thine  eany  and  thy  latter  rains  j 
His  flakes  of  fnow  like  wool  he  fend|». 
And  thus  the  fpringing  corn  defends. 

4  With  hoary  froft  he  (lews  the  ground  ; 
His  hail  defcends  with  clatt'ring  founds 
Where  is  the  man   f<>  vainly  bold 
Who  dares  defy  his{drea.-.ful  cold  ? 

5  He  bids  the  fouthern  breezes  biowj 
The  ice  diffoives,  the  waters  flow  : 
But  he  hath  nobler  works  and  ways, 
America!  to  draw  thy  praife. 

6  In  all  thy  climes  his  laws  are  fhown  : 
His  gofpel  through  the  nation  known  : 
Ke  hath  not  thus  reveal'd  his  word 
To  ev'ry  land  :  praife  ye  thee  Lord  ! 

PSALM    cjclvii.     Common  Metre. 

The  Seafons  of  the  Year. 


!W 


ITH  fongs  and  honors  founding  loud 
Addrcfs  the  Lord  on  high=  j 


PSALM       CXLVIII. 

#verthe  heav'ns  he  fpreads  his  cloud, 

And  waters  veil  the  /ky. 
%  Ke  lends,  his  ihpw'rs  of  bleffing   down 

To  cheer  the  plains  below  5 
He  makes  the  grafs  the  mountains  crown* 

And  corn  in  vallies  grow. 

3  He  gives  the  grazing  ox  his  meat,. 

He  hears  the  ravens  cry  j 
But  man,  whs  takes  the  fineft  meat^ 
Should  raife  his  honors  high. 

4  His  fteady  ccunfels  change  the  face 

Of  the  declining  year  j 
He  bids  the  fun  cut  fhort  his  race, 
And  wint'ry  days  appear. 

5  His  hoary  froft,  his  fleecy  fnow, 

Defcend  and  clothe  the  ground  5 
The  liquid  ftreams  forbear  to  flow, 

In  icy  fetters  bound. 
Sr  When,  from  his  dreadful  ftores  on  hlgfj. 

He  oours  the  ratt'linghail, 
The  wretch  who.  dares  this  God  defy, 

Shall  find  his  courage  fail. 
7  He  fends  his  word  and  melts  the  fnow, 

The  fields  no  longer  mourn  j 
He  calls  the  warmer  gales  to  blow, 

And  bids  the  fpring  return. 
3  The  changing  wind,  the  flying  cloud, 

Obey   his  mighty  woro  ; 
With  iongs  and  honors  founding  loud, 

Praife  ye  the  fov'reign  Lord. 

PSALM     cxLvni. 

Praife  to  God  from  all  creatures. 

I  '^''E  tribes  of  Adam,  join 
i.     1       W'thheav'n,  and  earth,  and  feas3 
And  offer  notes  oivine 
To  your  Creator's  praife. 

Ye  holy  throng 

Of  angels  bright, 

In  worlds  of  light 

Begin  the  fong. 
S  Thou  fun  withdazzlingrays, 
And  moon  which  rules  the  night. 
Shine  to  your  Maker's  praife, 
Withftarsof  twinkling  light. 

His  pow'r  declare,. 

Ye  floods  on  high,.' 

And  clouds  which  fly 

In  empty  air. 


eIs  psalm   exLvm. 

3  The  fill aing worlds  above 
In  glor'ons,ordei  ftand, 
Or  in  fwift  courfes  move 

-Ly  hi;    nr,,rcms  command  : 
'He  f pake  the  wfcrft, 
A  nd  jail  their  frame 
From  nothing  came, 
To  praife:  theLord. 

4  Hemov'd  their  mighty  wheels 
:n  unknown  ages  paft. 

And  e;ch  his  word  fulfils 
While  time  and  nature iaft. 

In  difr"ient  ways 

His  works  proclaim 

His  wendVous  name, 

And  ("peak  his  praife. 


5  Let  all  the  earth  born,  race, 
And  monfters  of  the  deep, 
The  fiih  which  cleave  the  feas, 
Or  in  their  boforn  fleep. 

Prom  lea     nd  more 
Their  tribute  pay, 
AndftiU  difplay 
Their  .Make's  pow'r, 

6  Ye  vapours,  hail  and  fnovv, 
Praif   ye  th'  almighty  Lord, 
.And  ftormy  winds  which  blow 
To  execute  his  word  : 

When  li6ht\ningsfhine, 
Or  t   unders  roar, 
Let  earth  adore 
His  hand  divine. 

7  Ye  mountains  near  the  ikies, 
With  loity  cedars  there. 
And  trees  of  humbier  fize, 
Which  frjtrt  in  plenty  bear. 

Beafts,  wild  and  tame, 
Birds,  flies,  and  worm?, 
In  various  forms, 
Exalt  his  name. 

8  Ye  kings  and  judges  fear  m 
The  Lord  the  lov  reign  King  } 
Ard  while  you  rule  us  here, 
Hisheav'nfy  honors  fing  : 

Nor  let  the  dream 
Of  pow'r  andftate 
Make  you  forget 
His  pow1!  fufcreaac. 


P    S    A    L    M        OX  L VIII.  4t| 

ij  Virgins  and  youth  engage 

'*  To  found  his  praife  divine, 

While  infancy  and  age, 

Their  feebler  voices  join  : 

Wide  as  he  reigns 

His  name  be  lung 

By  ev  'ry  tongue 

Inendiefs  ftrains. 
1$  Let  alJ  the  nations  fear 
The  God  who  rules  above 
He.  brings  his  people  near 
And  makes  them  tafte  his  love.  » 

.  While  earth  and  fky 

Attempt  his  praife, 

His  faints  fhallrife 

His  honors  high. 

PSALM    cxlviii.    Paraphrased. 

Univerfal'praife  to  God. 

a   T    OUD  hallelujahs  to  the  Lord 

I  j  Fromdiftant  worlds  where  creatures  dwell  J 
Letheav'n  begin  the  folemn  word, 
And  found  it  dreadful  down  to  hell. 

Note. — This  pfaim  may  be  fung  as  the  13th  pfalrri, 
if  the  two  following  lines  are  added  to  every  ftan- 
za,  viz. 

Each  of  his  works  his  name  diiplays 
But  they  can  ne'er  fulfil  his  praife. 

2,  The  Lord  !  how  abfolute  he  reigns  ! 
1  Let  ev'ry  angel  bend  the  knee  ! 
Sing  of  his  love  in  heav'nly  ftrains, 
And  fpeak  how  fierce  his  terrors  be. 

3  High  on  a  throne  his  glories  dwell, 
An  awful  throne  of  mining  blifs  : 
Fly  thro'  thevvorld,  O  fun,  and  tell 
How  dark  thy  beams  compar'd  to  hrs. 

4  Awake  yetempefts,  and  his  fame 

In  founds  of  dreadful  praife  declare  ; 
And  the  fweetwhifper  of  his  name 
Fill  ev'ry  gentle  breeze  of  air. 

5  Let  clouds,  and  winds,  and  waves  agree 
To  join  their  praife  with  blazing  fire  ; 
Let  the  firm  earth  and  rolling  fea, 

In  this  eternal  fong  confpire. 

6  Yeflow'ry  plains  proclaim  his  fkilff 
V allies  He  low  before  his  eye  j 


22»  PSALM        CXLVIII. 

And  let  his  praife  from  ev'rv  hiiJ, 
Rife  tuneful  to  the  neighb'ring  iky. 

7  Ye  ftubborn  oaks  and  ftateiy  p':nes, 
Bend  your  high  branches  and  a  lore  ; 
Praife  him,  ye  heals,  in  dirt  rent  ftrains  ; 
The  Jamb  mult  bleat,  the  lion  roar. 

S  Birds,  yemuft  make  his  praife  your  theme, 
Nature  demands  afon«  rrornvm  : 
While  the  dumb  filh  which  cut  the  ftream., 
Leap  up  and  mean  his  praifes  100. 

9  Mortals,  can  you  refrain  your  tongue,. 
When  nature  ail  arou  id  yon  lings  ? 

O  for  a  fhoutfrom  old  and  young, 
From  humbie  fwains,  and  lorty  kings  ? 

10  Wide  as  his  vaft  dominion  lies 
Make  the  Creator's  name  be  known  ; 
Loud  ash's  thunder  fhout  his  praife, 
And  found  it  lofty  to  his  throne. 

11  Jehovah  !  'tis  a  glor'ous  word, 
O  may  ic  dwell  on  ev'ry  tongue  ! 

But  faints  who  beft  have  known  die  Lord, 
Are  bound  to  raife  the  mbleft  fong- 
12.  Speak  of  the  wonders  of  that  bve 
Which  Gabr'elp'ayson  ev'ry  chord: 
From  all  below,  and  all  above, 
Loud  hallelujahs  to  the  Lord. 

PSALM    cxlviii.    Short  Metre. 

Univerfal  Praife. 

I   T    ET  ev'ry  creature  join 

JL/     To  praife  th'  eterna-1  God  ; 
Ye  heav'nly  horts  the  fong  begin. 
And  found  his  name  abroad. 
2.  Thou  fun  with  golden  beams, 
And  moon  with  paler  rays, 
Ye  ftarry  ii.<hts,  ye  twinkling  flames* 
Shine  to  your  Maker's  praife. 

3  He  built  thofi  worlds  ai  >v  -, 

And  Sx*d  their  wond'ous  frame  ; 
By  his  command  they  ftand  or  move, 
And  ever  fpeak  his  name. 

4  Ye  vapours,  when  ye  rife, 

Or  fa'l  in  fhow'rs  of  fiow, 
Ye  thunders,  murm'ring  round  the  Acies 
•  His  pow'r  and  glo  y  mew. 

5  Wind,  hail,  and   flaming  fire, 

Agree  to  praife  the  Lord, 


PSALM    CXLVIII.  Zzi 

When  ye  in  dreadful  ftorms  confpire 
To  execute  his  word. 

6  By  all  his  works  above 
His  honors  be  expreft  ; 
But  Taints  who  tafte  his  laving  love 
Should  ling  his  praifes  beft. 


7  Let  earth  and  ocean  know 

They  owe  their  Maker  praife  5 
Praife  him  ye  watry  worlds  below, 
And  monfters  of  the  feas. 

8  From  mountains  near  the.  fky 

Let  his  high  praife  refound, 
F  rom  humble  fhrubs  and  cedars  high 
And  vales  and  fields  around. 

9  Ye  lions  of  the  wood, 

And  t.mer  beafts  which  graze, 
Ye  live  upon  his  daily  food, 
And  he  expefts  your  praife. 

10  Ye  birds  of  lofty  wing, 

On  high  bis  praifes  Lear; 

0r  fit  on  flow'ry  bows,  and  iing 

Your  Maker's  glory  there. 

11  Ye  creeping  ants  and  worms, 

His  var'ous  wiidom  mow; 
And  flies  in  all  your  mining  fwarms, 
Praife  him  who  dreft  you  fo. 

12  By  all  the  earth-born  race, 

His  honors  be  expreft  ; 
But  faints  who  know  his  heav'nly  grace. 
Should  learn  to  praife  him  beft. 


II. 


13  Monarchs  of  wide  command, 

Praife  ye  the  eternal  King  ; 
Judges,  adore  that  fove.cign  hand 
Whence  all  your  honors  fpring. 

14  Let  vigorous  youth  engage 

To  found  his  praifes  high  ; 
While  growing  babes  and  withering  age 
Their  feebler  voices  try. 

15  United  zeal  be  fhown 

His  wond'rous  fame  to  raife  ; 
God  is  the  Lord  ;   his  name  alona 
Deferves  our  endlefs  praife. 

16  Let  nature  join  with  art, 

And  all  pronounce  him  blefr, 


*«  t    S    A    L    M        CXLIX. 

But  faints  who  dwell  fo  near  his  heart 
Should  ling  his  praifes  beii. 

PSALM    CXLIX.. 

Praife  God  all  his  faints  ;  or,  the  faints  judging  the 
world. 

3  /\  LL  ye  who  love  the  Lord,  rejoice, 
jC\  And  let  your  longs  be  new  j 
Amidft  the  church  with  chearful  voice 

His  later  won  Jers  lhew. 
2  The  Jews,  the  people  of  his  grace, 
Shall  their  Redeemer  fing  ; 
And  gentile  nations  join  the  praife 
While  Zion  owns  her  King. 
§  The  Lord  takes  pleafure  in  the  jufr, 
Whom  finners  treat  with  fcorn  : 
The  meek  who  lie  defpis'd  in  duft, 
Salvation  fhall  adorn. 

4  Saints  lhall  be  joyful  in  their  King, 

Ev'n  on  a  dying  bed  ; 
A  nd  like  the  fouls  in  glory  fingj 
For   God  fhallraife  the  dead. 

5  Then  his  high  praife  fhall  fill  their  tongues* 

Their  hands  mall  wield  thefword  : 
Andveng'ance  Ihsl)  attend  their  fongs, 
The  veng'ance  of  the  Lord. 

6  When  Chrift  his  judgment  feat  afcencs,    . 

And  bids  the  World  appear, 
Thrones  are  prepared  for  all  his  friend! 

Who  humbly  lov'd  him  here. 
Then  mail  they  rule  with  iron  rod 

Nations  whodar'd  rebel  : 
And  join  the  fencence  of  their  God, 
On  tyrants  doom'd  to  hell. 
?  The  royal  finners  bound  in  chains- 
New  triumphs  fhali  afford  ; 
Such  honor  for  the  faints  remains  j 
Praife  ye  and  love  the  Lord. 

PSALM     et. 

A  fong  of  praife 

1  TN  God'jovfn  houfe  pronounce  his  praife, 
J.   His  grace  he  there  reveals  j 
To  heaven  your  joy  and  wonierraife. 
For  there  iris  glory  dwell*. 


DOXO-LOGIES.  a* 


a  Let  all  your  facred  paffions  move, 
While  you  rehearfe  his  deeds  ; 
But  the  great  work  of  faving  love 
Your  higherr.  praife  exceeds, 
3  All  who  have  motion,  life  and  breath, 
Proclaim  your  Maker  bleft  ; 
Yet  when  my  voice  expires  in  death, 
My  foul  fliall  praife  him  beft. 


The  Christian  DOXOLOGY. 
Long  Metre. 

TO  God  the  Father,  God  the    Son, 
And  God  the  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 
Be  honor,  praife,  and  glory  giv'n 
By  all  on  earth,  and  ail  in  heav'n. 

Common    Metre. 


L 


ET  God  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
^_j  And  Spirit,  be  ador'd, 
"Where  there  are  works  to  make  him  known, 
Or  faints  to  love  the  Lord. 

CoEimon    Metre,    where    the    tune    includes   two 
ftanzas. 

I. 

THE  God  of  mercy  be  ador'd 
Who  calls  our  fouls  from   death, 
Who  faves  by  his  redeeming  word 
And  new-creating  breath. 

II. 
To  praife  the  Father  and  the  Son, 

And  Spirit,  all  divine, 
The  One  in  Three,   and  Three  in  one, 

Let  faints  and   angels  join. 

Short  Metre, 

¥E  angels  round  the  throne, 
And  faints  who  dwell  below, 
Worfhip  the  Father,  praife  the  Son. 
And  biefs  the  Spirit  too. 

As  the  113th  pfalm. 

^TOW  to  the  great  and  facred  three, 
i{  The  Father,  Son  ana  Spirit,  be 
.  Eternal  praife   and  glory  giv'n, 
Thro'  ail  the  worlds  where  God  is  known. 
By  air  the  angels  near  the  throne, 

And  all  the  faints  in-earth  and  he-vn* 


t|  DQXOLOGIES, 

As  the  148th  pfalm. 

TO  God  the  Father's  throne 
Perpet'al  honors  raiie  j 
Glory  to  God  the  Son, 
To  God  the  Spirit  praife  : 
With  all  ourpow'rs, 
Eternal  King, 
Thy  name  we  fing, 
While  faith  adores. 


THE     END. 


(  I  ) 

H    Y    M    N    S 

AN© 

SPIRITUAL      SONGS, 

In   three    BOOKS: 

J.  CoilecTted  from  the  Scriptures. 

II.  Cornpofed  on  Divine  Subjects. 

III.  Prepared  for  the  Lord's  Sapper. 

By   I.  -  W  A  T  T  S,    D.  D. 


BOOK        I. 

COLLECTED    FROM    THE    HOLY    SCRIPTURES. 

I.     A  ne<w  fong  to  the  Lamb  that  ivasjlain,  Rev» 

a   BEHOLD    the  glories  of  the  Lamb, 
JL>   Amidfthis  Father's  throne, 
Prepa.e  new  honors  for  his  name, 
And  fongs,  before  unknown. 
3,  Let  elders  worihip  at  his  feet, 
The  church  adore  around, 
With  vials  fall  of  odours  iweet, 
And  harps  of  fweetefi  found. 
3  Thofe  are  the  prayers  of  the  iaints,- 
And  thefe  thy  hymns  they  raife  ? 
Jefus  is  kind  to  oar  complaints, 
He  loves  to  hear  our  praife. 
[4.  Eternal  Father,  who  mall  look 
Into  thy  fecret  win  ? 
Who  but  the  Son  ui -.11  take  that  book'^. 
And  open  ev'ry  feal  ? 
5  He  lhall  fulfil  thy  great  decrees  j 
The  Son  deferves  it  well  : 
Lo,  in  his  hand  the  fov  reign  kevs 
Of  heav  n,  and  death,  and  hell  '] 
-"-    Now  to  the  Lamb  rhat  once  was  flain^ 
Ee  endtefs  bieilings  paid  3 

ration,  glory,  joy,  remain, 
Forever  on  thy  head. 


2  H  T  M  N  S     A  N  D  B.  I, 

7  Thou  haft  redeem'd  our  fouls  with  bloc  J, 

Haft  fet  the  prisoners  free  : 
Haft  made  us  kings  and  priefts  to  God, 
And  weftail  reign  with  thee. 

8  The  worlds  of  nature  and  of  jjracs 

Are  put  beneath  thy  pow'r  j 
Then  ftorten  theie decaying  days, 
And  bring  the  promised  hour. 

II.  The  deity  and  humanity  of  Chrift,  John  i.   I,   j, 

14.     Coi.  i.   its.     Eph.  iii.9,    10. 

I  T7*  'ER  the  blue  heav'ns  were  ftretch'd  abroad 

JlL.'  From  evetlafting  was  the  Word  j 

With  God  he  was,  the  Word  was  God, 

And  muft  divinely  beador'd. 
a  By  his  own  pow'r  were  all  things  made  j 

By  him  fupported,  all  things  ftand  : 

He  is  the  whole  creation's  head, 

And  angels  fly  at  his  command. 

3  E'er  fin  was  bom,  or  fatan  fell. 
He  led  the  hoft  of  morning  flrars  J 
(Thy  generation  who  can  tell, 

Or  count  the  number  of  thy  years  ?) 
4.  But  lo,  he  leaves  thofe  heav'nly  forrnr, 

The  word  defcends  and  dwells  in  clay, 

That  he  may  hold  converfe  with  worms, 

Drefs'din  fuch  feeble  flslh  as  they. 
5  Mortals  with  joy  beheld  his  face, 

Th'  eternal  Father's  onlv  Son  ; 

How  full  of  truth  !   how  full  of  gr?.ce  ! 

When  thro'  his  fleft  the  godhead  fto     n 
C  Archangels  leave  their  high  abode, 

To  learn  new  myft'ries  here,  and  tell 

The  loves  of  our  defcending  God, 

The  glories  of  Emmanuel. 

III.  The  nativity  of  Chrift,  Luke  i.  3©>  &c*  ;i*  I0» 

I    Y>  EHOLD,  the  grace  appears, 
Jl>     The  promife  is  fulfil'd, 
Mary,  the  wond'rous  virgin,  bears, 
.  And  jfc/Wis'  the  child  ! 
[2  The  Lord,  the  hlgheft  God 
Calls  him  his  only  Son  : 
He  bids  him  rule  the  lands  abroad, 
And  gives  him  David's  throne. 
3  O'er  Jacob  ft  all  he  reign 

With  a  peculiar  fway  5  g 

The  rations  fhall  his  grace  obtain, 
His  kingdom  ne'er  decay. 


B.I,  SPIRITUAL    SONGS. 

4  To  bring  the  glor'ous  news, 

A  heavenly  form  appears  5 
He  tells  the  lhepherds  of  their  joys. 

And  baniihes  their  fears. 

5  Go  humble ftvai.'is,  (faid  he)  b  3 

To  Davia's  city  fly  ; 
The  proms' 'd  Infant  born  to-day,. 
Doth  in  a  manger  He,\ 

6  With  looks  and  hearts  fe* en: , 

Go,  viJitChniiyoar  king  ; 
And  ftraight  a  flaming  troop  w#s  feen  5 
The  lhepherds  heard  them  ring-— 

7  Glory  to  God  on  high  ! 

And  hea-v'nly  peace  on  earth  : 
Good  will  to  men,  to  angels  joy,   . 

At  the  Reedeemers  hirth  ! 
rg  Inwormip  lb  divine, 

Let  Saints  employ  their  tongues  ; 
With  the  cefeft'al  hoftwe  join, 

And  loud  repeat  their  fongs  ; 
q  Glory  to  God  on  high  ! 

And  hea-v'nly  peace  on  earth, 
Good  ivill  to  men,  to  angels  joy, 
-  At  our  Redeemer  s  birth. 

IV.  H  Y  M  N,  referred  to  II.  F  S  A  t  M. 


V.     Submlfion  to  affile  providences, 


Job  i.  at. 


2N' 


■AKED,   as  from  the  earth  we  came, 
V    And  crept  to  life  at  nrir, 
We  to  the  earth  return  » 
And  mingle  wita  our  da.t._ 
a  The  dear  delights  we  here  enjoy, 

To  be  repaid  anon.  v  .  , 

3  >Tis  God  who  lifts  our  comforts  hiBh, 
3       Or  links  them  i n  the  gra ye  ,        ■ 

Heaves,  and  (blefe    be  msn.me., 

He  takes  but  what  he  gave.        ^   . 

-Peace,  all  our  angry  paeons  then  1 
Let  each  rebedousiign 
Be  filent  at  his  fov'reign  will, 
And  ev1^  murmur  die. 
5  If  fmiling  mercy  crown  our  lives, 
Its  praifesfhallbefpread, 
And  we'll  adore  the  juvtice  too,    - 
Which  ftrikes  our  comforts  dead. 


4  HYMNS     AND 

VI.     Triumph  over   death,  Job  xix.   2;,  16,27. 

I  f^i  RE  AT  God,  I  own  thy  fentence  juft, 
V_T      And  n-atur^inuft  decay, 
I  yield  my  bo  :;.   to  the<4ud, 

To  dvve'l  with  •'-' 
a  Yet  faith  cant';  iimh  o'er  the  grave, 
And  tramole  >h  trie-ton 
My  Jefus,  my  Jledeemer  HvesJ 
My  God,  my  Saviour  comes • 

3  The_mighcy  conqV->riha*  appear 

High  on  a  royal  feat, 
And  death,  the  lair,  of  all  his  foes,' 
Lie  vanquifh'd  ?t  his  feet*- 

4  Tho'  greedy  w^ms  devour  my  fkja. 

And  gnaw  m*  waiting  fleih, 
Wi  en  GsJ  fhall  build  my  bones  again, 
He'll  cloche  them  all  arrefli. 

5  Then  fha'.ll  fee  thy  lovely  face 

With  ftrong  immortaieyes, 
And  feaft  upon  thy  unknown  grace 
With  pleafure  and  iurprize. 

VII.     The  invitation  of  the  go/pel,  Ifaiah  lv,  12,  ©V. 

I   T    ET  ev'ry  mortal  ear  attend, 
_|_>     And  ev'ry  heart  rejoice, 
The  trumpet  of  the gofpel  founds 
With  an  inviting  voice. 
a  Ho  !  all  ye  hungry  ftarving  fouls, 
Who  i^ai  upon  the  wind, 
And  vainly  ft  rive  with  earthly  toys, 
To  fill  an  empty  mind  ; 

3  Eternal  wifdom  has  prepar'd 

A  foul-reviving  feaft, 
And  bids  your  longing  appetites 
The  rich  provifion  tafte. 

4  Ho  !  ye  who  pant  for  living  dreams, 

And  pine  away,  and  die  j 
Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  third 
.With  fprings  that  never  dry. 

5  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here 

In  a  rich  ocean  join  ; 
Salvation  in  abundance  flow  , 
Like  floods  of  milk  and  wine. 
[6  Ye  periihing  and  naked  poor, 
Who  work  with  mighty  pain, 
Toweavea  garment  of  your'own, 
Which  will  not  hide  your  dain  : 
7  Come,  naked, 'and  adorn  your  fouls 
With  robes  prepared  by  Godj 


B,  I.  SPIRITU*1-    SONGS. 

Wrought  by  the  h-bcrs  of  his  Son, 
And  dy'd  in  his  own  blood.  J 

8  Dear  GoJ,the  treafures  of  thy  love 

Are  everlaiVmg  games,   _ 
Deeo  as  our  helplefs  mis  nes  are, 
Andboundleis  as  our  ims, 

9  The  happy  gates  of  gofpel  grace 

Stand  open  niahtand  day  ;     _ 
Lord  we  are  come  to  feekfupphes, 
And  drive  our  wants  away. 

VIII.  ProteBion  of  the  church,  Ifaiah  xxvi.  i>  ©>• 

1  y  j  CW  honorable  is  the  place, 
11      Where  we  adoring  itand, 
Zion,  the  glory  of  the  earth, 

And  beauty  of  the  lane  ! 

2  Bulwarks  of  mighty  grace  defend 

T^e  city  where  we  dwell; 
The  walls  of  ftrong  falvation  made, 
Defy  th'  affauits  of  hell. 

3  Lift  up  the  everlafting  gates, 

The  doors  wide  open  fling 
Enter,  ye  nations,  and  obey 
The  ftatuteof  our  King. 

4  Herefnall  you  tafteunmin  Jed  joys, 

And  live  in  perfeft  peace: 
You  who  have  known  Jehovah '$  name 
Andventur'd  on  his  grace. 

5  Truft  in  the  Lord  forever  truit, 

And  banifh  allyovu  fears  : 
Strength  in  the  Lord  Jehovah  dwells,- 
Eternal  ashisyears. 

6  What  tho'  the  rebels  dwell  on  high  ? 

His  arm  fhall  bring  them  low. 
Low  as  the  caverns  of  the  grave 
Their  lofty  heads  fha.'J  Low. 

7  On  Babylon  cur  feec  ilia.il  tread, 

In  that  rejoicing  hour, 
The  ruins  of  her  walls  mall  fpread 
A  pavement  for  the  poor. 

IX.  The  fromifes  of  the  covenant  of  grace ,  Ifarah  I*. 
i;2.  Zech.  xiii.  i.     Mic.  vii.  19.  hze.  xxxvi  %^, 

x   TN  vainwelavim  out  our  lives, 
J,      To  gather  empty  wind  ; 
'A  he  eh:  ire  ft  bleflings  earth  can  yield 
Will  ita:  ve  a-w^ry  m;ndf 
a  Come,  and  the  Lord  {hall  feed  our  foiite| 
With  more  iubfta.-aaiKieetj 


6  HYMNSA  N  D  I.  B. 

With  fuch  as  faints  in  glory  love, 
With  fuch  as  angels  eat. 

3  Our  God  wiil  ev'ry  want:  fupply, 

And  fiiioui  hearts  with  peace  j 
Ke  gives  by  cov'nant  ana  by  oath 
i        1  he  riches  of  h:s  grace. 

4  Come,  and  he'll  cieanfe  our  fpotted  fouls, 

Anj  waih  away  our  Gains 
In  the  dear  fountain  which  his  Son 

Pour'd  from  his  dying  veins. 
f  r  Our  guile  fhall  vanilh  all  away, 

Tho'  black  as  hell  before  j 
Our  fins  fhall  link  beneath  the  fea, 

An  J  fhalihe  found  no  more. 

6  And  left  pollution  fhould  o'erfpread 

Our  inward  pow'rs  again, 
His  fpi:i:iha;ibedew,our  fouls, 
With  purifying  rain. 

7  Our  heart,  that  flinty  ftubborn  thing 

Which  terrors  cannot  move, 
Which  fears  no  threat'hings  of  his  wrath, 
;       Shall  be  difolv'd  by  lover 
S  Or  he  will  take  the  flint  away 
•  Which  would  not  berefin'd  $ 
And  from  the  treafures  of  his  grace 
Beftow  a  fofter  mind . 
q  There  fhall  his  facred Spirit  dwell, 
And  deep  engrave  his  law. 
And  ev'ry  motion  of  our  fouls 
To  fweet  obed'ence  draw. 
TO  Tlfcs  will  he  pour  falvatlpn  down, 
And  we  fhall  render  praife  } 
We,  the  dearpeopleof  his  love, 
And  he  our  God  of  grace. 

X.  Blcjfednefs  of  gofpel  #»*,  Ifaian  v.   2,  7>  &<fc 

*  TJTOW  beaut'ous  are  their  feet 
i    1   Who  itand  on  Zhn  %  hill, 
Who  bring  falvation  on  their  tongues, 
;       And  words  of  peace  reveal ! 
a  How  charming  is  theirvoice  \ 
Ho-'-  fweet  :he  tidings  are  ! 
"  Zicn>  behold  thy  Saviour  King, 
"  He  reigns  and  triumphs  here." 
3  How  happy  are  our  ears, 

That  hear  this  joyful  found. 
Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
.«_       And  fought,  but  ne\er  found  ! 
*j   How  blefled  are  our  eyes, 

Which  fee  this  hcav'nly  light  \ 


3.1.  SPIRITUAL     SONGS. 

Prophets  and  kings' defirM  it  totsg, 

But  dy'd  without  the  light ! 
5  The  watchmen  join  their  voice, 
And  tuneful  notes  employ  j 
Jerufaleth  breaks  forth  in  forigs 
And  aefarts  learn  the  joy. 
%  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 
Thro'  all  the  earth  abroad  j 
Letev'ry  nation  now  behold 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God* 

XI.  The  fovereignty  of  Grace.  Luke  x.  ai,  2  2. 

2  'TpHSRE  was  an  hour  when  Chrifl  rejoiced, 

X      And  fpokehisjoy  in  words  of  pi-aiie  } 
"  Father,  I  thank  thee,  mighty  God, 
"  Lord  of  the  earth,  and  heav'ns  and  feas. 
"ft  "  I  thank  thy  fov' reign  po.v'r  and  love, 
"  Which  crowns  my  doctrine  with  fuceefs  ; 
"  And  makes  the  babes  in  knowledge  learn 
"  The  heights  and  breadths  and  lengths  of  grace. 

3  "  But  all  this  glory  lie's  conceal'd 

*'   From  men  of  prudence  and  of  wit  ; 

ic  The  prince  of  darknei's  blinds  their  eyes, 

"    And  their  own  pride  reiifts  the  light. 
4<c  Father, 'tis  thu?,  becaufe  thy  wjil 

"  Chafe  and  ordain'i  it  ihoald  be  fo  5 

"  'Tis  thy  delight  t'  abafe  the  proud, 

"   And  lay  the  haughty  icorner  low. 
5  "  There's  none  can  know  the  father  right, 

ic  But  thofe  who  learn  it  from  the  Son  5 

ii  Nor  can  the  Son  be  well  receive! 

Ci  But  where  the  Father  makes  him  known." 
£  Then  let  our  fouls  ado;e  our  God, 

Who  deals  his  graces  as  he  pleafe  ; 

Nor  gives  to  moutals  an  account 

Or  of  his  actions,  or  decrees. 

XII.  Tree  grace  revealing  Chrift,  Luke  x,   I%» 
»    YESUS,  the  man  of  conilant  giief, 

«J    A  mourner  ali  his  days  ; 
His  fpirit  once  rejolc'd  aloud, 
And  turn'ci  his  joy  to  <oraife. 

2  Father ;  I  thank  thy  wend'rous  lew, 

Which  hath  reveal" d  thy  Son 
To  men  unlearn  d  ;  and  to  babes      -* 
Has  made  thy  go/pel  kncivn. 

3  The  myji '  ries  of  redeeming  grace 

Are  hidden  from  the  ivije, 
While  pride  and  carnal  reasning's  jtir. 
3  tjt^ell  and  blind  their  eyes% 

F  f 


S  HYMNS     AND  fi.  / 

4  Thus  doth  the  Lor  J  of  heav  nand  earth. 
K;s  great  decrees  fulfil. 
Ana  oioers  alihis  works  of  grace 
By  his  own  fov'reigri  will. 

Xill.   The  tides  and  kingdom  c/Chrift,  If.  xi.  z.  6,  j . 

THE  lands  which  k>ng  in   darknefs  lay, 
Now  have  beheKi  a  heav  nly  light  :' 

Nations  wnich  fat  in  death's  cold  made 

>ire  bieftwith  beams  devinely  bright. 
ft  The  virgin's  prornis'd  Son  is  born  j 

Behold  th'  expected  chili  appear  ! 

What  /ha  i  his  names  or       is  oe  ? 

The  Wonderful,  the  Counfellof. 
[3    Phis  Infant  isrthe  Mighty  God,  j 

Come  tobefuckled  and  ador?d  ; 

Th'Eternal  Father,  Prince  of  Peace, 

The  Son  or' 'Da-Ad,  and  his  Lord,  j 
4  Trie  government  of  earth  and  feas 

Upon  his  ihculoers  ihallbe  i-id  j 

His  wide  domin'ons  (hail  increafe  j 

And  honors  to  his  name  be  paid, 
5.  Jejits,  the  holy  child,  ilia;  fit 

High  on  his  Father  David's  throne, 

Shad  crufh  his  foes  beneath  his  feet, 

And  reign  coaxes  yet  unknown. 

XI "/.  The  triumph  of  Faith,  Romans  vifi,  $. 

j  WTHO  ihall  the  Lord's  elecl  condemn? 
VV     Tis  God  who  juftiries  their   fouls, 

And  mercy  like  a  mighty  ftream, 

O'er  all  their  nns  divinely  rolls, 
i.  Who  fnall  adjudge  the  faints  to  hell  f 

'Tis  Chr'tft  who  fuffer'd  in  their  Head  , 

And  the  faivation  to  fulfil, 

3ehcid  him  riling  from  the  dead, 
j  He  lives !   He  lives  !   and  fits  above, 

Forever  interceeding  there  : 

Who  ihall  divide  us  from  his  love, 

Or  what  mail  tempt  us  to  Cefpair  ? 
4  Shall  perfecutioiijor  diltrefs, 

Fa  nine,  or  fword,  or  nakednefs? 

He  who  hath,  lov'd  us,  bears  us  through, 

And  makes  us  more  than  cenq'rors  too. 
$  Faith  has  an  overcoming  pow'r, 

It  triumphs  in  the  dying  hour  : 

Chriji  is  oar  life,  our  joy,  our  hope, 
Hor  can  welinkwitn  fuch  a  prop. 
-  Not  all  that  men  on  earth  c^.n  do. 

Nor  »0'.v"rj  oabi-ih,  nor  pow'rs  below, 


B..  f.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS, 

Shall  caufe  his  mercy  to  remove, 

Or  wean  our  hearts  rrom  Ckrlfi  our  love. 

XV.   Our  ozvn  iveaknejst  and  Cbriji  our  ftrength 
2  Cor.   xii.   7,  9,   ;  o. 

3  T     ET  me  but  hear  my  Saviour  fay, 
1  4  Strength  fo all  be  equal  to  thy  day; 
Then  I'll  rejoice  in  deep  diftrefs, 
Leaning  on  all-fuficient  giace. 

*  Pllgloryin  hjfirmlty, 

That  Chriji's  own  powh-  may  reft  on  me  i 
When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  ftrong, 
Grace  is.myfhieid,  and  Ckriji  my  long, 

3  I  can  do  all  things,  or  can   bear 
Aii'faffrirngs, while  my  Lord  -be  here; 
Sweet  pleasures  mingle  with  the  pains^ 
While  his  left  hand  my  head  fuftalns. 

4  Eut  iftheLordbg  once  withdrawn, 
And  we  attempt  th?  work  alone, 
When  new  temptations  fpring  and  rife, 
We  find  how  great  our  weaknefs  is. 

5  So  Sampjon,  when  his  hair  was  loft, 
Met  the  PhiUjrlnes  to  his  cofl  $ 
Shook  his  vain  limbs  with  fad  furprize, 
Made  feeble  fight,  and  loft  his  eyes. 

XVI.  Eofanna  to  Chrljl,  Ma.  xxi.  9.  Lu.  xix.  3$. 

3    TT  OS  ANN  A  to  the  roya  1  S  on, 
JL  JL    Of  David's  ancient  Jine, 
•His  n?cares  two,  his  perfon  one, 
My'ier'ous  and   divine, 

2  The  root  of  David  here  we  find 

And  offspring  is  the  fame  j 
Eternity  and  lime  are  join'd 
In  our  Emanels  rame. 

3  Bieft  he  who  comes  to  wretched  men 

With  peaceful  news  from  heav'n  S 
Ho/annas  of  the  higher!  ftrain 
1*0  Chriji  the  Lord  be  giv"  n  ! 
4-  Let  mortals  ne'er refufe  to  take 
Th'  hofanna  on  their  tongues, 
Leir.  recks  and  itones  fhould  rife,  and  break 
Their  filencs  into  longs. 


XVU.   V\Bory  ever  Death,  Cor.  xv,   rj, 

OFOR:  ap  over-coming  faith 
To  chear  my  dying  hours, 

I~*  oiumpho'er  the  manlier  cieafh, 
-rSsd  •  iV<  Uis  frishr/u]  oa'v'rs. 


t*  H  Y  M  N  3     A  n  m  »•  fc 

a  Jbyfut  with  all  the  ftrength  I  have, 
"A-  qu'  /'riri*lipi  mould  fing, 
Where  h  thy  boaficd  nncT  >y,  grave  f 
A:d  where  the  tnmjter* s Ji'ing  f 

3  m  fi  .  be  pardon  d,  I'm  fecare, 

Deacr.  ha-   noftipg   beiiie  ; 
The  law  .rave  fin  ks  damning  pow'r  j 
B-.it  Chrifty  my  ranibm,  d.y\J. 

4  Nov,-  to  tae  God  of  victory, 

„  iffl-nj;  ai  thanks   be  paid, 
Wh\j  makes  us  ennq'rors  while  we  die, 
Through  C£.'-z/?  our  living  Head. 

XVIII.   Bleffid  are  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord, 
Revelations    xiv.    13 

1   "FT  EAR   what  the  voice  fern  heavn  proclaims     » 
LA.    For  ah  the  pious   dead, 
Swee:  is  the  flavor  of  their  names, 
And  10ft  thfeii  fleeping  bed, 
■2  Th-y'.-iiein   'Jej'us.  and  ae  bleft  ; 
How  kind   pejr  (lumbers  are  ! 
Fr"in  fuSPtingsandfrbm  finsreieas'dj 
And   freeanom  ev'ry  inare. 

3  Far  from  this  world  of  toil  anl  ftrife, 

They're  orefent  with  the  Lord  ; 
The  labours  of  their  mortal  life 
Lnd  in  a  large  reward. 

MIX.  The  for.g  of  Simeon,  Luke  i    2j>  <•- - 

I   T     ORD,  at  thv  temple  we  appear, 
JL^    As  happy  Simeon  came, 
And  hope  to  meet  our  Saviour  here  ; 
O  make  our  joys  the  fame  ! 
%  With  what  divine  and  vaft  delight 
The  good  old  man  was  fiU'd, 
When  fondly  in  his  wither' d  arms 
HecUfpM  the  holy  Child  ! 
1  Noiv  I  can  leave  thisivo* .',  he  cry'd, 

Beheld  thy  Jervant  dies  ; 
'   Fi>efeeti  thy  great  Jak>ationy  Lord, 
And  clofi  my  peaceful  eyes , 

4  This  is  the  light  prepared  tojhine 

Upon  the  gentle  lands. 
Thine  Tfraeisjglory  and  their  hope 9 

To  break  their  Jlavijh  hands. 
[5  jefus  !   the  virion  of  thy  face, 

Hath  over- powMng  charms  ! 
Scare-  (hall  1  feel  death's  cold  embrace, 

lt'Cori/i  be  in  my  arms. 


».  I.  SP  JR  ITUAL    SONG  S, 

6  Then  while  ye  hear  ray  heart-firings  break, 
How  fweet  my  minutes  roll ! 
A  mortal  palenefs  on  my  cheek, 
And  glory  in  my  foul.] 

XX.   Spiritual  apparel,  viz,  The    robe  of  righteoufnefs, 
and  garments  of Jalvation^  Ifa,   Ixi.    iO. 

J      A  WAKE  my  heart,  arife  my  tongae, 
.XjL   Prepare  a  tuneful  voice  5 
In  God,  the  life  o'Fail  my  joys, 
Aloud  wili  1  rejoice. 

2  'Tis  he  adorn'd  my  naked  foul, 

And  made  falvation  mine  j 
Upon  a  poor  polluted  worm 
He  made  his  grace  to  mine. 

3  And  leaft  thefhadowof  a  fpot 

Should  on  my  foul  be  found, 
He  took  the  robe  the  Saviour  wrought, 
And  can:  it  all  around. 

4  How  far  the  heavenly  robe  exceeds 

What  eartbly  princes  wear  ! 
Thefe  ornaments  how  bright  chey  mine*] 
How  white  the  garments  are  !    . 

5  The  Spirit  wrought  my  faith  and  love, 

And  hope,  and  ev'ry  grace  5 

But  Jefus  fpent  his  life  fp  work 

Tlie  robe  of  righteoulnefs. 

6  Strangely,  my  foul,   art  thou  array'd 

.By  the"  great  facred  Three  ! 
In  fweeteft  harmony  of  praife 
Let  all  thy  pow'rs  agree. 

XXI.      A  <vf  on  of  the  kingdom  of  Chxtft  amor.g  nien\ 


Rev.  xxi. 


'J 


LO-,  what  a  glorious  fight  appeals 
To  our  believing  eyes  ! 
The  earth  and  fe^s  are  pafs'd  awayj 

And  the  old  rolling  Ikies. 
From  the  third  heavm,  where  God  refides, 

That  holy,  happy   place. 
The  New  Jerusalem  comes  down 

Adorn'd  with"  ihining  grace. 
Attending  angels  ftout  for  joy, 

And  the  blight  armies  ling, 
Mortals^  behold  the  facred  feat 

Of  your  defending  King  ! 
The  God  of  glory  down  to  men 

Removes  his  bhfs'd  abode  I 
$4en  the  dear  ohjeEis  of  his  graZe^ 
'  And  lie  the  living  God.      ~~~ 


la  HYMNS     AND  B.  I. 

5  Hh  own/oft  hqndjhaU  ivhiue  ibe  tears 
From  iv  ry  weeping  eye, 
And pam%y  and  groans,  aid  grief,  and/ear^, 
And  death  ttjelf  jhall  d  ?. 
6  How  long,  dear  Saviour  !  O,  how  long  i 
ihall  trtia  bright:  hour  delay  ? 
Fly  Iwffter  round,  ye  wheela  of  time, 
And  bring  the  weic   me  :ay. 
XXII.  and  XAlil  Referred  to  the  iz^th  Pfa.'m. 

XXIV.     The  rich  firmer  dying,  Pfal.  xhx.  -5,  y,  Led. 
viiu  c.     $\>l>  ui.  14,    15. 

1  TN  vain  thefe  wealthy  mortals  roil, 

JL    And  heap  their  mining  dun:  in  vain, 
i^ook  down  and  /corn  the  humble  poor, 
And  bo^.ft  their  lofty  nil's  oi  gain. 

2  Their  golden  cord'al 3  cannoteafe 
Their  pained  hearts  or  aching  heads, 
Nor  fright  nor  b.ibe  approaching  death 
Fr  om  giit'ring  roofs  and  oowny  beds.. 

5  Their  liugYrng,  their  unwilling  iouU 

The  diimal  fummons  mult  obey, 

And  bid  a  long,  a  ladfarewel, 

To  the  pale  lump  of  lifeiefs  ciay. 
4  Thence  they  are  huddlee  to  the  grave-, 

Where  kings  and  (laves  have  equal  thrones  : 

Their  bones  without  diitinclioniie 

Among  the  heap  of  meaner  bones. 

The  refl  referred  to  the  Hgth  Pfa/m. 

XXV.     A-jifion  of  the  Lamb.  Rev.  v.  5,  7,  3,  9; 

'      A   LL  mortal  vanities  begone, 

XjL  Nor  tempt  my  eyes,  aor  tire  my  ears  : 

lie  no  Id  amidir  th  eternal  Uirone 

A  vifion  of  the  Lamb  appears. 
Tz  Glory  his'fleecy  robe  adorns, 

tyiark'd  ^vich  the  bloody  death  he  bore  J 

Sev  n  s:e  his  eyes,  and  iev'n  his  horns, 

His  wifdom  perfect  as  his  pow'r. 

3  Lo,  he  receives  a  feaied  book 

Fr  in  him  who  tits  upon  the  throne  ; 

jftf**i  niy  Lord,  prevails  to  look 

Uii  dark  decree1;,  and  things  unknown.] 

4  All  the  afiemblcd faints  around, 
Fa  1  worshipping  before  the  Lamb, 
And,  in  new  fongs  t  f  g oi^el  found 
Addrels  their  honors  to  o,s  name;. 

r  Thejoy,  tbefhout,  the  harmony 
-  o'er  the  evei  tairlftg  hiiis  : 


B.  I.  S  P  IRITUAL     'sOtf&B* 

jVortbv  art  thou  alone  {$  -v  cry) 

<To  read  the  hod,  to  kofe  the  feah.  1 
%  Our  voices  pin  th^heav'nlv  ftrHn, 

And  with  trapfpqrtlng  pleafure  fir>vr: 

Worthy  the  L-rmb  who  one  was  flain, 

To  be  our  teacher  arid  our  King. 
7  His  wo'ds  of  prophecy  reveal 

Eternal cbunfel's,  deep  defiens  ; 

His  grace  and  veng'ance  mail  fulfil 

The  peaceful  and  the  dreadful  lines. 
S  Thou  haft  redeemed  our  fouls  from  heii 

With  thine  invaluable  blood  ; 

And  wretches  who  did  once  rebel, 

Are  now  made  fav'rites  of  their  God. 
9  Worth;/  forever  is  the  Lord, 

Who  dy'dfortrea'foni,  no: his  own, 

By  ev'ry  tongue  to  be^rior'ci, 

And  dwell  upon  his  Father's  throne  ! 

XXVI.     Hops  cf  Heaven,  by  the  refurrecl'm  gf  ^'i% 

i  e&i  i.  3/4,  s; 

i  T)LFST  be  the  everiafting  Go^ 
J3     The  Father  of  our  Lord, 
Be  his  abounding  mercy  prais  d, 
His  majefry  ador'd. 
•3,  "When  from  the  dead  he  rais'd  his  Son, 
And  cali'i  him  to  the  iky, 
He  gave  our  fouls  a  lively  hope 
That  they  mould  never  die. 

3  What  though  our  inbred  fins  require 

Our  fleih  to  fee  the  duff, 
Yet  as  the  Lord  our  Saviour  rofe. 
So  ail  his  foiii'wers  mure. 

4  There's  an  inheritance  divine 

Reierv'd  againft  that  day, 
"lis  un corrupted,  undefiTd, 

.  And  cannot  wafte  away. 
5  Saints  by  the  pow'r  of  God  arc  kept,     : 

"*Till  the  faivation  come  j 
We  walk  bv  faith,  as  ftrangers  here, 

Till  ChrUtihail  call  us  home. 


XXVJI.     AJfurance  of  Heaven,  z  Tim.  ip«  6,  &c, 

[l  t~\£ATH  may  diflblve  my  body  now, 
1_>      And  bear  my  fpirithorne; 
Why  da  my  minutes  move  fo  ilowA 
l^ormy  falvatica  coaa  ? 


*  \  H  T  M  N  S     A  N  B 

ft  With  hev/nly  Weapons  I  have  fought 
Th-  battles  of  the  Lord. 
Finiih'd  my  courie,  and  kept  my  faith., 
And  wait  the  fure  reward.] 

3  God  has  laid  up  luheav'n  for  me 

A  ciown  which  cannot  fade  $ 
The  ^rarbm  judge,  at  that  great dav 
Shall  p'ace  ;r.  on  my  head. 

4.  Nor  hath  the  King  of  grace  decreed 

This  prize  for  me  alone  : 
But  ali  who  iove,  and  Jong  to  fee 

Th'  appearance  of  his  Son. 
2'  Jefv*  the-  koid,  lhail  gv^rd  me  fafe 

ir'romev'ry  ill  delign  ; 
And  to  hishe.Vnly  kingdom  lead 

This  feeble  foul  of  mine. 
€  God  is  my  everlafting  aid, 

And  hell  lhali  rage  in  vain  ; 
To  him  be  higheit  glory  paid, 

And  cnuleli   pra^ue.     Amen. 

2  XVI II.     The  triumph  cfChrift  over,  the  enemies  of '  w 
Churchy  Ifaiahxliii.  1,4,3,  &c- 

i  1I7HAT  mighty  man,  or  mighty  God, 
VV       Comes  travelling  in  ftate, 
Along  ihe  Jdumean  road, 
Awa y  from  'SoxraFs  gate, 
ft  The  gbry  of  his  robes  procla:ra 
'Tis  fome  victor' ous  Kin;;  : 
"  'Tit  I,  the  Juft,  th'  Almighty  One, 
"  That  your  falvation  bring." 

5.  Why,  mighty  Lord,  thy  faincs  enquire, 

Why  thine  apparel  reu  ? 
Why  all  thy  vefture  ftain'd  like  thofe 
Who  in  the  wine-prefs  tread  ? 

4  I  by  myfelf  have  trod  the  pre*s, 

Andcrulh'd  my  foes  alone  ; 
My  wrath  has  ftruck.  the  rebels  deaS, 
Mvfuryftamp'd  them  down. 

5  'Tio  £dom*s  blood  which  dyes  my  robes 

V,  ith  joyful  fcarlet  (tains  ; 
The  trjumoh  which  my  raiment  wears 

Sprung  from  th^ir  bleeding  veins. 
Thus  frail  the  nations  be  deftroy'd 

Which  dare  ihfult  my  faints  ; 
I  hue  an  arm  to  avenge  their  Wrongs? 

An.  ear  F«  their  c^mslamts* 


B.I.  SPIRITUAL     SONGS. 

a§.   Second  Part  j  o.,  the  ruin  of  Antichrift,  ver. 
4?  5»  ,6>  7* 

1  5£  T   LIFT  my  banner,  faith  the  Lord. 
X   "  Where  antuhrifi  has  flood  j 
**  The  city  of  m>  gofpel's  foes 

**  ShaiJ  be  a  fieid  ai  blood. 

5  "  My  heart  has  ftudy'djuft  revenge, 

*{   And  now  the  day  appears, 
ts  The  year  of  my  redeem'd  is  come, 
"  To  wipe  away  their  tears. 

3  'J  Quite  weary  is  my  patience  grown, 

"  And  bids  my  fury  go  :  .  .^ 

"  Swift  as  the  lightning  it  fhall  move, 
"  And  be  ^s  fatal  too. 

4  "  1  call  for  helpers,  but  in  vain  : 

*'  Then  has  my  gofpel  none  ? 
"  Well,  mine  own  arm  has  might  enough 

'*   To  crufh  my  foes  alone. 
*j  "  Slaughter  and  my  devouring  fword 

iC  Shall  walk  the  ftreets  around, 
"  Babel  fhall  reel  beneath  my  ftroke, 

'*  Ano  ilagger  to  the  ground." 

6  Thy  honors,  O  vidtor'ous  King  ! 

Thine  own  right  hand  fhall  raife, 
While  we  thy  awful  ven^'ance  ring, 
And  our  deliv'rer  praife. 

30.  Prayer  for  deliverance  anfioered,   Ifa.  xx?I3 
8 — 20. 

2,    TN  thine  own  ways,  O  God  of  love3 
■J.  We  wait  the.  vifits  of  thy  grace  ; 
Ou'  iuuls  defire  is  to  thy  name, 
And  the  remembrance  of  thy  face. 

5  My  thoughts  are  fearching,  Lord,  for  thee, 
*Mongf|  the  black  fhades  of  ionefome  night  3 

My  earneft  cries  laiute  the   flexes 

Before  the  dawn  refiore  the  light. 
3    Lock  hew  rebell'ous  men  deride 

The  tender  patience  of  my  Godj 

But  they  fhall  iee  thy  lifted  hand, 

And  feel  the  fcourges  of  thy  rod. 

Hark!   the  Eternal  rends  the  iky, 

A  mighty  voice  .before  him  goes, 

A  voice  ot  mufick  co  his  friends, 

But  threatening  thunder  to  his  foes' 
3  Gome,  children,  to  yonr  Father's  arm?,, 

Hide  in  the  chambers  of  rny  grace 

'Till  the  fierce  iforms  be  overblowr, 

And  my  revenging  fury  ceafe. 
Gg 


i6  HTMNS     ANB 

4    My  fword  mall  boaft  it's  thoufand's  flaini 
And  dnnk  the  blood  of  haughty  kings, 
While  heav'nly  peace  around  my  flock 
Stretches  itsfofc  and  fhady  wings. 

XXXI.   Referred  to  the  tjl  pfaltn. 
XXXII.   Strength  from  Heaven,  Ifai  xl.  27,  Vex 

2  \\  WHENCE  do  mir  mournful  tho'ts  ariff,  * 
V  V     And  where's  our  courage  fed  ? 
Has  reftlefs  fin  and  rating  hell 
Struck  all  our  comforts  dead  ? 
2,  Have  we  forgot  th'almighty  name 
Which  form'd  the  earth  and  fea  ? 
And  can  an  all-creating  arm 
Grow  weary  or  decay  ? 

3  Treafures  of  everlafting  might 

In  our  Jehovah  dwell  i 
He  gives  the  conqueft  to  the  weak. 
And  treads  their  foes  to  hell. 

4  Mere  mortal  pow'r  mail  fade  and  die, 

And  youthful  vigour  ceafe  j 
But  we  who  wait  upon  the  Lord, 

Shall  feel  our  ftrength  increaie. 
j-  The  faints  mail  mount  an  eagle's  wing3 

Andtafte  the  prorrriVd  blifjr,  # 

'Till  their  unwearj'd  feet  arrive 

Where  perfect  pleaiure  is. 

The  XXXIII  XXXIV,  XXXV,  XXXVL 
XXXVII,  XXXVUI.  referred  to  pfal.  exxxi, 
exxxiv,  lxvii,  Ixxiii,  xc,  and  Ixxxiv. 


XXXI.       God's   tender 


ulir  care  of  his  Church,  If*,  xli^, 
13.    14,  &c. 


1  "^TOWfhall  my  inward  joys  arife,> 
JJ^     And  burit  into  along  j 
Almighty  love  inff  ires  my  heart, 

A rid  pleafure  tur.es  ray  tongue. 

2  God  on  his  thirfty  Slon  hill 

Some  mercy-drops  has  thrown, 
Andfoiemn  oaths  have  bound  his  Jove 
To  lhow'r  faivation  down. 
n  Why  do  we  then  indulge  our  fears, 
Spfpicions  and  compiaiuts  ? 
Is  he  a  God,  and  fhall  his  grate- 
Grow  we^ry  of  his  faints  ? 
4  Can  a  kind  womtne'er  forget 
The  intent  of  her  womb, 
And,  mongft  a  thoufand  tender  thofights^. 
Hcf  fc«k.iinghave  no  roem.  ? 


%.  4.  STIJtJTUAL     SO  NG  S.  *7 

5  Tet  faith  the  Lord,  Should  nature  change. 
And  mothers  monjters  prove, 
Sionjlill  diuells  upon  l£e  heart 
Of  everlafilng  love, 
£  Deep  on  the  palms  of  both  my  hands 
I  have  engraved  her  name  ; 
My  hands  (hall  raife  her  ruln'd  walls, 
And  build  her  broken  frame. 

4©.    The  bujinejs  and  blejfednefs  of  glorified  Seintsr3  ■ 
Rev.   vii.   13.   14.    15.   &c. 

WH  AT  happy  man,  or  angels  thefe, 
That  all  their  robes  are  Jpotlefs  tvhlte  f 
Whence'dld  this  glorious  troop  arrive 
At  the  pure  realms  of  heavnly  light  ?  ■ 
g,  From  tott1  ring  racks,  and  burning  fires, 
Andfeas  of  their  own  blood  they  came  : 
But  nobler  blood  hr.swafh'd  their  robes, 
Flowing  from  Chriil  the  dying  Lamb. 

3  Now  they  approach  th'  almighty  throne 
With  loud  ho/annas  night  and  day, 
Sweet  anthems  to  the  great  Three-one 
Meafure  their  blefs'd  eternity. 

4  No  more  fhall  hunger  pain  their  fouls  5 
"  He  bids  their  parching  thirft  be  gone, 

And  fpreads  the  fliadow  of  his  wings 
To  fkreen  them  from  the  fcorchihg'fun. 

5  The  Lamb  who  fills  the  middle  throne, 
Shall  fried  around  his  milder  beams  ; 
There  ihalithey  feafton  his  rich  love^ 
And  drink  full  joys  from  living  fbreams. 

5  Thus  Siall  their  mighty  blifs  renew 
Thro'  the  v-aft  round  of  endlefs  years, 
While  the  foft  hand  of  fov'reign  grace 
Heals  all  their  wounds,  and  wipes  their  tears. 

XLi.  The  Martyrs  glorified,    Rev.  vii,  12.  fef& 

7  HjpHESE  glor'mis  minds,  hovj  bright  they  jhln'e  [ 
JL      Whence  all  their  lOhlte  array  f 
llotv  came  they  to  the  happy  Jests 
Of  everlaftwg  day  ?'    - 
x  Fr">m  tott'rlng  pains  to  endlefs  joys 
On  "fiery  wheels  they  rode,' 
And  fttaugely  wafh'd  "their  raiment  white 
In  J eftis"  dying  blood, 
g  Now  they  approach  a  fpotlefs  God, 
And  bow  before  bis  throne  ; 
^Their  warbling  harps  and  fsrcred  f«ngs 
;  IA?rz  the  IMv  ©a--. 


IS  Mr  M  N  S     AN  9  I.  ft 

**  The  unveilM  glories  or  his  face 
Am  'ng  his  l'aints  re  fide, 
While  the  rich  treafufre  of  his  grace 
Sees  all  their  wants  fupply'd. 

5  Tormenting  thirft  fhall  leave  their  fouls, 

And  hunger  ft.es.  as  faft  : 
The  fruit  of  life's  immortal  tree 
Shall  be  their  fweet  repaft. 

6  The  Lamb  fhall  leave  his  heav'nly  flock 

Where  living  fountains  rile, 
And  love  divine  /hail  wipe  away* 
The  foi  rows  or  their  eyes. 

XLII.     Divine  wrath  and  mercy,  Na.  i.  i,  i,  3,  &Cp 

1     A  DORE  and  tremble    for  our  God 

£\     is  a  *  confumingfre  ;  (*Heb.  sii.  23. 

His  jealous  eves  his-  wraeh  inflame,  ^ 

And  raife  his  vengeance  high'r, 
2-  Almighty  *engeance3  howit  burns ! 
How  bright  his  fury  glows  ! 
Va't  magazines  of  plagues  and  ftorms 
_     Lie  treaiur'd  for  his  foes. 

3  Thofe  heaps  of  wrath  by  flow  degrees 

Are  forc'd  into  a  flame, 
But  kindled,  oh  !  how  fierce  they  blaze 
And  rend  all  natures  frame. 

4  At  his  approach  the  mountains  flee, 

An  i  feek  a  watry  grave  j 
The  frighted  fea  makes  hafte  away, 
And  ihrinks  up  ev'ry  wave. 

5  Through  the  wide  air  the  weighty  rocks 

Are  lwiftas  hail-ftoneshuil'd  : 

Who  dares  engage  the  fiery  rage, 

Which  (hakes  the  folld  world  ? 

6  Yet,  mighty  God  !  thy  fov'reign  grace 

Sits  regent  on  the  throne, 
The  refuge  ot  thy  cholen  race 

When  wrath  comes  ruining  down. 
n  Thy  hands  fiiatl  ">n    ebell'ous  kings 

A  fiery  temped  pour, 
'While  we,  beneath  thy  fheltYing  wings, 

T'lyjuft  revenge  adore. 

XLII!.  Referred  to  Ffalm  c.  and  X  LIV.  to  pfahn 
cxxxiii. 

XLV,     The  laft  judgment,  Rev.  xxi,  5,  6,  7,  %, 


s 


EE  where  the  great  incarnate  Ged 
Fills  a  majeitic  throne  ! 


B.I.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS,. 

While  from  the  fkies  his  awful  voice 
Bears  the  lad  judgment  down. 
[a  "  I  am  the  firft,  and  I  the  lair, 

il  Through  en  Jefs  years  the  fame  5 
"  I  AM  is  my  memorial  ftill, 
"  And  my  eternal  name. 
3  '*  Such  favors  as  a  God  can  give, 
<(  My  rcy  al  grace  beftows  : 
*'  Yethirfly  fouls,  come,  taftethe  ftreams 
"  Where' life  and  pleafure  flows.] 
£4.  "  The  faint,  who  triumphs  o'er  hit  fins, 
"   pjj  own  him  for  a  ion  ; 
"  The  whole  creation  fhall  reward 
"  The  conquers  he  has  won. 

5  "  Eut  bloony  hands,  an^  hearts  unclean  , 

*i  And  all  die-lying  race, 
".  The  faithlefs   tnd  the  fcoffitig  crew, 
<(  Who/purn  it  offend  grace. 

6  <c  They  {hall  be  taken  from  my  fight 

"  Bound  with  an  ironehain, 
"   And  headlong  plung'd  into  the  Jake, 
Where  fireand  darknefs  reign."] 

7  O  may  1  ftand  before  the  Lamb, 

When  earth  arid  feas  are  fled  i 
And  hear  the  Judge  pronounce  my  name 
With  bleffings  on  my  head  ! 

8  May  i  wi  h  thofe  forever  dwell, 

Who  here  were  mv  delight, 
While  finners,  baniuVd  down  to  hell, 

No  morerffend  my  fight, 
XLV1.  XLV1I.  Referred  to  Pfalmcxlviii,  and  iff. 

XLVIH.       Tte  cbrtfidn  race,  If.  xl.  28,  29,  &q, 

X     A  WAKE  our  fouls  (away  our  fears, 
J~%    Let  ev'ry  trembling  though:  be  gone) 
Awake,   and  run  the  heav'niy  race, 
And  put  a  chearful  courage  on. 

2  True,  'tis  aftrait  and  thorny  road, 
And  mortal  fpirirs  tire  and  faint; 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God, 
Who  feeds  the  ftrength  of  ev'ry  faint. 

3  The  mighty  God,  whofematchlefspow'r 
Is  ever  new  and  ever  young. 

And  firm  endures,  while  endiefs  years 
Their  everlafting  circles  run. 

4  Frsm  Thee,  the  overflowing  fpring, 
Our  fouls  fhall  drink  afrefh  fupply, 
While  fuch  as  truft  their  native  ftrength 
Shall  melt  away,  and  drop,  and  die. 

5  Swift  as  an  eagle  cuts  the  air, 
We'll  mennt  aloft  t«  thine  afeoda  $ 


*•  HYMNS     A  N  Q  B.  I, 

On  wings  of  love  our  fouls  fhall  fly, 
Nor  tire  amidftthe  heav'nly  road. 

XLIX.     Works  of  Mofes  and  the  Lamb,  Rev.  xv.  5. 

*  T  TOW  fltqng thine  arm  is,  mighty  God  ! 

11      Who  vvou!j  not  fear  thy  name  r 
<Jejusi  how  fweet  thy  graces  are  I 
Who  would  not  iove  the  Lamb  ? 
fl  He  has  dent  more  than  Mofes  did, 
Our  Prophet  and  our  King  j 
From  bonds  of  heii  he  freed  our  fouls, 
And  taught  our  lips  to  ring. 
J  In  the  redfea,  by  Mofes'  hand 

Th'  Egyptian  hoit  was  drown'd  ; 
But  bis  own  blood  tides  all  our  firs, 
And  guilt  is  no  mere  found, 
4  When  thvougk  the  defart  If  el  went, 
With  manna  they  were  red  ; 
Q  u>-  Lord  invites  us  to  bisflejbt 
And  calls  it  living  bread. 
r.  Mo\es  beheld  the  promis'd  land, 
Yet  never  reach'd  "the  place  ; 
Bat  Chrift  Jball bring  bis  foWivers    home 
To  fee  bis  Father  s  face. 
6  Then  fhall  our  love  and  joy  be  full, 
And  feel  a  warmer  flame, 
And  iweeter  voices  tune  the  fong 
Or"  Mfes  and  the  iamb. 


afc    Light  end  fclvation  by  Jesus  Ch 
o3,  fifr,  Jonn  i.  2.9,  3a. 

1  VTOW  be  the  God  of  //-V/bleft, 
XN    t  Who  makes  his  truth  appear, 
Hia  mighty  hand'fuifils  his  word, 
And  ali  the  oaths  he  fward. 
*  Now  he  bedews  old  David's  root 
With  bleffings  from  the  fkies  ; 
He  makes  the  branch  of  promiie  lhoot, 
The  promis'd  horn  ariie. 
[jh  John  was  the  prophet  of  the  Lord, 
Vo  go  before  his  face, 
The  herald  which  our  i>dviour-God 
Sent  to  piepaie  hiswayt. 
6.  He  makes  the  great  falvation  knowr^ 
He  /peaks  of  pardon' d  fins  : 
While  grace  divine  with  heav'nly  love, 
In  its  own  glory  fhines. 
5  Behold  the  Lamb  of  G»d,  he  cries, 
Who  tafcrs  our  2uUtaway  : 


irst,  Luke 


B^I-  spiritual    $&&&$.  t% 

I  faw  the  fpsrit  o'er  his  head, 
On  his  baptising  day.] 
6  Be  ev'ry  vale  exalted  high  ; 
Sink  ev'ry  mountain  low  £ 
The  proud  muftftoop,  and  humble  fonts 
Shall  his  falvation  know. 
7  The  heathen  realms  with  IfreP.s  land, 
Shall  join  in  fweet  accord  ; 
And  ail  thac'sbornof  man  fliali  fee 
The  glory  of  the  Lord. 
8  Behold  the  morning  ftar  arife^ 
Ye  who  indarknefs  fit  5 
He  marks  the  path  which  leadj  to  jsacQ, 
And  guides  our  doubtful  feet." 

LI.     P  er fiver  in g  grace,  Jude*4,  43* 
1  TpO  God  the  only  wife, 

j[        Our  Saviour  and  our  King* 
Let  all  the  faints  below  the  ikies 
Their  humble  praifes  bring. 
z  'Tis  his  almighty  love. 

His  counfel,  and  his  care, 
Pieferve  us  fafe  from  fin  and  deatJ% 
And  ev'ry  hurtful  fnare, 

3  He  will  prefent  our  fouls 

Unbkmiih'd  and  complete,,' 
Before  the  glory  of  his  face 
-With  joys  divinely  great. 

4  Then  all  tfcechofen  feed 

Shall  meet  around  the  throne, 

Shall  felefs  the  conduct  of  his  grace^ 

And  make  his  wonders  knowa. 

5  To  our  Redeemer  God 

Wifdom  and  pow'r  belongs, 
Immortal  crowns  of  majeiiy, 
And  everlafting  longs. 

LIT.     Baftljm,  Matt,  xxviii.  19,  Aci«  ii.  £\. 

l!  *'"T^  WAS  the  commiflion  of  the  Lord, 
X      Go  teach  the  nations  and  baptize  j 

The  nations  have  received  the  word 

Since  he  afcendtu  tothe&ies. 
z  He  fits  upon  th'  eternal  hills. 

With  grace  and  pardon  in  his  hands^ 

And  fends  his  cov'nant  with  the  fealj. 

To  blefs  the  darkfame  Gentile  lands,". 
3  Repent,  and  be  baptized,  he  faith, 

For  the  remijfton  of  your  fins, 

And  thus  our  fenfe  ailiits  our-faith, 

Ant  ffe»w3  hs  wh-at  hisgofpel  aieSar^: 


HYMNS       ANB  B* 

\  Our  fouls  hewafhes  in  hia  blood, 

As  water  makes  the  body  clean  j  . 

And  the  good  Spirit  horn  our  God 

Descends,  like  purifying  rain. 
5  Thus  we  engage  ourfelves  to  thee, 

And  feal  our  cov'nant  withtnc  Lord  5 

0  may  the  great  Eternal  Thiee 
Inheav'n  our  folemn  vow'i  lecord  ! 

LIII.    The  holy  Scriptures,  Heb.i.  1,  t.  Tim-  Hi.  15, 
li.  Pulm  cxlvii.   19,  to. 

GOD,  who  in  var'cus  methods  told 
His  mind  and  will  to  Taints  of  old, 
Su.t  his  own  Sob,  with  truth  and  grace,- 
Ta  te.ich  us  in  thefe  latter  days. 

2  1  he  nations  read  the  written  word, 
That  book  of  iife,  thacfure  reccord  - 

1  he  bright  inheritance  of  heav'n 
Is  by  the  fweec  conveyance  giv'n. 

3  God's  kindefl:  thoughts  are  here  exprefs'd, 
Able  to  m^ke  us  wife  and  bleis'd  • 

The  doctrines  are  divinely  true, 
Fit  for  reproof,  and  comfort  too.   .. 
4.  Ye  happy  landr,  who  read  his  love 

In  long  epiftJes,  from  above, 

(He  hath  notfent  his  fztcred  word 

Toev'ry  land)  praifeye  the  Lord. 

LIV.   Saints  beloved  in  Chrifi,  Eph.  i.   3.  &c. 

JESUS,  we  blefs  thy  Father's  name; 
Thy  God  and  ours  are  both  the  fame  : 
What  heavenly  bleffings  from  his  throne 
Fail  down  to  finners  thro*  his  Son. 

2  Ckrijl  be  myfirfl  eletl,  he  faid, 

Then  choie  our  louia  in  Chrift  our  heaj  j 
Before  he  gave  the  mountains  birth, 
Or  laid  foundations  for  the  earrh. 

3  Thus  did  eternal  love  begin 

To  raife  us  up  fr  *w  death  and  Cm, 
Our  characters  were  then  decreed, 
Bkmclefs  in  Icve,  a  holy  feed. 

4  Picdeftinated  to  be  ions, 

Uojn  by  degrees,  butchofe  at  oncc  j 
A  new  regenerated  race. 
To  praife  the  glory  of  his  grace. 
4     With  Ckriji  our  Lord  we  fhare  our  panT- 
In  the  affections  of  his  heart  j 
Nor  mail  our  fouls  be  thence  remov'd- 
Till  he  forgets  his  iirft  belovec.. 


S.I.  SPIRITUAL     SONGS. 

LV.     Slcknefs    and  recovery ,  Ifa.  xxxviii.  9,  &c. 
"HEN  we  are  rals'd  from  deep  diftrefs 


'W! 


We  take  the  pattern  of  our  piaife 

From  Hezekiah's  tongue. 
»  The  gates  of  the  devouring  grave 

Are  openM  wide  in  vain, 
If  he  who  holds  the  keys  of  death 

Commands  them  faft  again. 

3  Pains  of  the  fhih  are  wont  t'  abufe 

Our  minds  with  flavifh  fears  ; 
Our  days  are  paji,  and  ivejkall  lofs 
The  remnant  of  our  years. 

4  We  chatter  with  a  fwai'ow's  voice, 

Or,  iike  a  dove,  we  mourn, 
With  bitcernefs  infteai  of  joys, 
Affiided  and  fo.lorn. 

5  Jehovah  fpeaks  the  healing  word, 

And  no  difeafe  withftartds  : 
Fevers  and  plagues  obey  the  Lord, 
Arid  fly  at  his  commands. 

6  If  half  the  fprings  of  life  fliould  break, 

He  can  our  frame  reftore  : 
He  cafts  cur  fins  behind  his  back, 
And  they  are  found  no  more. 

LVI.    Babylon  falling,  Rev.  xv.  3.  xvi.  19.  xvii.  6, 

WE  ring  the  glories  of  thy  love, 
We  found  thy  dreadful  name  : 
The  christian  church  unites  the  Jongs 
Of  Mofes  and  the  Lamb. 
1  Great  God,  how  wond'-ous  are  thy  works 
Of  vengeance,  and  of  grace  ! 
ThouKingof  faints,  Almighty  Lord, 
How  jurt  :-nd  true  thy  ways  1 
3  Who  dares  refule  to  fear  thy  name, 
Or  worihip  at  thy  throne  ? 
Thy  judgments  foeak  thine  holinefs 
Through  all  the  nations  known. 
4,  Greac  Babylon,  which  rules  the  earth, 
Drunk,  with  the  martyr's  blood, 
Her  crimes  fhall  fpeedily  awake 
The  fury  of  our  God. 
£  The  cup  of  wrath  is  ready  mix'd, 
And  fhe  muff,  drink  the  dregs  ; 
Strong  is  the  Lord,  her  fovheigh  Judge, 
Andihali  fulfil  her  plague?1;' 

H  h 


mi  HYMNS     AND  E.  I. 

LVII.     Original  fin,   Ro.v.  iz.    PC.  li.  5.  Jobxlv.  4. 

BACKWARD  with  humble  fharinc  we  look 
On  our  original  ; 
How  is  our  nature  d  >ih\i  and  Broke 
In  our  firit  father's  fall. 
£  To  all  tiiat's  good,  averfe  and  blind, 
But  prone  to  all  that's  ill  ; 
Wh.it  dreadful  darknefs  veils  our  mind  ! 
How  obftinate  our  will  ! 
[3  Conceiv'd  in  fin  (Q_wrecched  ftate) 
Before  we  draw  our  Breath  ; 
The  firit  young  pulie  begins  to  beat 
Iniquity  and  death. 
Inflow  itrong  in  our  degenerate  blood 
The  old  corruption  reigns, 
And,  mingling  with  the  crooked  flood, 
Wanders  through  all  our  veins  !] 

5  Wild  and  unwholeibme  as  the  root 

Will  all  the  branches  be  5 
How  can  we  hope  for  living  fruit 
Fram  fuch  a  deadly  tree. 

6  What  mortal  pow'r  from  rhin.^r  unclean 

Can  pure  productions  bring  ? 
Who  can  command  a  vital  ftream 
From  an  infected  fpring  ? 

7  Yet,  mighty  God,  thy  wond'rous  love 

Can  make  our  nature  clean, 
"While  Chriff  and  grace  prevail  above 

The  tempter,  death  and  fin. 
S  The  fecond  Adam  fhall  reftore 

The  ruins  of  the  lirfr.  ; 
Hoianna  to  that  (ov'i  eign  pow'r, 

Which  new  creates  our  duft  ! 


L 


LV1II.     The  Devil  ianqmjhed,  Rev.  xii.  7. 
ET  mortal  tongues  attempt  to  Zr\? 


Chief  gen'raj  of  th'  eternal  K.ing, 
^nd  fought  the  bittles  of  ou<-  God. 
»  Againft  che  dragon  and  his  heft 
The  -irmies  of  the  Lord  prevail  : 
In  vain  they  .'a-.3,  in  v  linthey  boaft, 
Their  courage  finks,  their  weapons  faU» 

3  Dowi  to  tiie  earth  wis  fatan  thrown, 
Down  to  the  earth  his  legions  fell  ; 
llvi'  wis  ihe  dump  of  triumph  Mown, 
And  (hook,  the  dread fu,l  der;>s  of  hell. 

4  Now  is  the  hour  of  darktefi  pad, 

...fj.-n'd  his  ieigrti$*  pawVj. 


1.1.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS.  a5 

Behold  the  great  accufer  call 

Down  from  the  ikies  to  rife  no  more  ! 
e  'Twas  by  thy  blood,  immortal  Lamb, 

Thine  armies  trod  the  tempter  down  : 

'Twas  by  thy  word  and  pow'rful  name 

The/gain'd  thebjttie  and  renown* 
*  Rejoice,  ve  heav'ns  5  letev'ry  ftar 

Shine  with  new  glories  round  the  fky  : 

Saints,  while  ye  ftng  the  heav'nh    war3 

Raife  your  Deliverer's  name  on  high. 

LIX.     Babylon  fallen,  Rev.  xviii.    2o>  21. 

j   TN  Gabriel's  hand,   a  mighty  ftone, 

X   Lies  a  fair  type  of  Babylon  : 

Prophets,  rejoice,  and  all  ye  faints, 

God  /ball  avenge  your  long  complaints* 
2.  He  laid,  and  dreadful  as  he  flood, 

He  funk  the  mi'.l-ftone  in  the  flood  j— 

Thus  terribly  frail Bab'lon  fall— 

Sink—~and  no  more  be  found  at  all. 

LX.     The  promifed  Mefliah  born,  Luke  i.  46,  &c, 

3    /^\UR  fouls  fhail  magnify  the  Lord, 

\^r    in  God,  the  Saviour,  we  rejoice: 

Vv  hi'e  we  repeat  the  Virgin's  fong, 

Maythe  fame  Spirittune  our  voice. 
[2  The  Hitherl  law  her  low  eftate, 

And  mighty  things  his  hand  hath  done  5 

His  overfhad'wiag  pow'ratid  grace 

Makes  herthe  mother  of  a  Son, 

3  Let  ev'ry  nation  call  her  blefs'd, ' 
And  endl'efs  years  prolong  her  fame  5 
But  God  alone  muftbe  ador'd  j 
Hoiy  and  rev' rend  is  his  name.] 

4  To  thole  who  fear  and  truft  the  Lord, 
His  mercy  Hands  forever  lure  : 
From  age  to  age  his  promife  lives3 
And  the  performance  isiecure.    "J 

5  He  (pake  to  Abrd m  and  his  feed— 
in  thee  frail  all  the  earth  be  blefs' 'd  ; 
The  mem' ry  of  that  ancient  word 
Lay  long  in  his  eternal  b  re  aft. 

6  But  now,  no  more  ftia  i  1  If  el  wait. 
No  more  the  Gentiles  lie  forlorn  :    " 
Lo,  the  Defire  at  nations  comes— 
Behold,  the  promis'd  Seed  is  born  ? 

LXh     Chrift  coming  to  Judgment,  Rev.  i.  5,  6,  7, 

a  "TVvT'^V  to  the  Lord,  who  makes  us  know 
ifS!    The  welders  of  hh  dying  love, 


$6  8TMN3AN*  I.  £, 

Be  humble  hon  <rs  paid  below, 
And  ltrains  of  nobler  praife  above. 

2  '  Tw.ao  he  who  cleans'd  our  fouleft  iins, 
Am  waih'J  us  in  h\n  rich&ft  blood  ; 

'1  U  He  who  makes  us  pr.efts  and  kings, 
And  brings  us,  rebels,  ne^r  to  God. 

3  To  Jefus,  our  atoning  Prieft, 
To  jefus,  our  fuperior  King, 
B^  .'vsrl  .fting  pow'r  confeis'd, 
And  ev'ry  tongue  his  glory  fing. 

4  Behold  !  on  flying  clouds  becomes, 
Ani  ev'.y  eye  ih-a;:  f e  •  him  move  ; 
Though  with  our  fins  we  pierc'd  him  once^ 
Now  he  difplays  his  pard'ning  love. 

5  The  unbelieving  world  mall  wail, 
While  we  rejoice  to  iee  the  day  ; 
Come,  Lord — no,  let  thy  promife  fail, 
Nor  let  thy  cna  .o.s  long'delay. 

LXII.     Chrift  Jefu<;,  the  Lamb  of  God,  voorjbipped  by 
all  the  creation,  i<ev.  v.   it,  I  z,  15. 

i   /^OME  let  us  join  our  chearful  fongs 
V><      With  angels  round  the  Airone  ; 
Te  .  thouian  i  thouiand  are  their  tongues,, 
But  all  their  joys  are  one, 
a  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  dy^d,  they  cry, 
To  be  exalted  thus  ; 
Worthy  the  Lamb,  our  lips  reply, 
Fo    he  was  (lain  for  us. 

3  Jcfus  lS  worthy  to  receive 

Honor  and  powY  divine  ; 
And  blefhngs,  more  than  we  can  give, 
Be,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

4  Let  all  who  dwell  above  the  fky, 

And  air,  and  earth,  and  leas, 
Compire  to  raife  thv  glories  high, 
And  fpeak  thine  endlefs  praife. 

5  Let  all  creation  join  in  one, 

To  biefs  the  facred  name 
Of  him, "who  fits  upon  the  thr^ue? 
And  to  adore  the  Lamb. 

LXIII.     Ch  rift's  humiliation  and  exaltation,  Rev.  v. 

i  \"\T^^'T  equal  honors  mall  we  fing 

V  V     To  thee  O  Lord,  our  God  the  Lamb, 

When  all  the  notes  which  angels  fing, 

Are  fir  inferior  to  thy  name  ? 
Z  Worthy  is  he  who  once  was  (lain,  . 

^he  Prince  of  Life,  who  groan'd  and  fy'd.j 


Sm.  spiritual   SONGS.  1% 

\    Worthy  to  rife,  ana  live,  and  reign 
:     At  his  Almighty  Father's  hue. 
,  Pow'r  and  dominion  are  his  due 

Who  flood  condemned  ,t  Piiate  sbar  . 

Wiidom  belong;  t  >  Jefus  too,  - 

Tho'  he  was  charg'J  with  mad  neis  here. 
a  Ail  riches  are  his  native  right, 

Yet  he  fuftain'd  amazing  lois  j 

To  him  afcribe  eternal  might, 

Who  lefc  hi.s  weaknefs  on  the  crois. 
*  Honor  immortal  mull  be  paid, 

5  Instead  of  fcandal  ana  or  lcorn  , 
WhUe  glory  fliines  around  hishead, 
And  a  bright  crown,  without  a  cnorn., 

6  Bleffing3  f  revel  on  the  Lamb, 
Who  bore  the  curie  for  w^tured  men 
Let  anaels  found  his  lacren  name, 
And  ev'ry  creature  fay— Jtmn* 

LXIV.  Adoption,  J  John, in.  i,  &c<  Gal,  vi.  6.. 
j   TOEHOLD,  what wond'rous  grace 
X5  The  Father  has  bellow" d 
On  iinners  of  a  mortal  race,~ 

To  call  them— -Jons  of  God  ! 
a  'Tis  no  furprizing  tiring 

That  wf  ihould  be  unknown  ;  ^ 

The  jewifo  world  knew  not  their  King, 


God's  ever 


[ailing  fon  :  — 


1  No-  doth  it  yet  appear 

How  great  we  mult  be  made  ; 
But,  when  lee  our  Saviour  near, 
We  i'hall  be  like  our  Head 
a  A  hope,  fo  much  divine, 

*  May  trials  well  endure— 

Mav  purge  oar  fouls  from  fenfe  and  fin, 

A/Chrift,  thecLord,  is  pure. 
=  If  in  my  Father's  love 

I  marc  a  final  part, 
Send  down  thy  Spirit  like  a  dove, 

To  reft  upon  my  heart. 
6  We  would  no  longer  he 

Like  fiaves,  beneath  the  throne  5 
Our  faith  (hall  Abba  Father  cry, ^ 

And  thou  the  kindred  own. 

LXV.  The  day  of 'Judgment ',  Rev.  xi.  ] 

*  T     ET  th'  fev'nth  angel  found  on  high, 

j    /-Letfhoats  be  heard  thro'  all  the  iky  5 
Kings  of  the  earth,  with  glad  accord, 
Give  up  vour  kingdoms  to  the  Lord, 


a*  ir  M  N  S      A  N  & 

?  Almighty  God  thy  pow'r  affume, 

Wh:«  wait,  and  arL,  ar.i  art  to    come; 
J?ps,  the  Lamb,  who  once,  wan  flain 
k-n  everYive,  f  >r  ever  ie*;gn  ! 
3   The  angry  nations  fret  and  roar 

That  dl-y  can  11  jy  the  faints  do  more; 
On  wings  of  vengenee  flies  our  God 
To  p<y  the  long  arrea.s of  blood. 
4  Now  inuft  the  rifn.g  dead  appear — 
N)w  the    decifivefentehcehearj 
Now  the  dear  martyrs  of  the  Lord 
R-eceive  an  infinite  reward. 

&XVI.  Chrift tf  hiftable,  Sol.  Sing  i.  *,  3,  &, 

1   T     ET  him  emb%ace  my  foul,  and  prove 
±_j  Mine  iniheit 'in  his  heavenly  lore  : 
The  voice  which  tells  nie — Thou  art  mine— 
Exceeds  the  bieflings of  the  Vine. 

2  On  theeth'anoin/mg  Spirit  came, 
And  fpreadsthe  favor  of  thy  name  j 
That   oil  of  gladnefs  and  or  grace 
Diaws  virgin  fouls  to  meet  thy  face. 

3  JeJus>  allure  me  by  thy  charms, 
My  foul  ihall  My  into  thine*  arms  ! 
Our  wand'riwg  feet  thy  favours  ining 
To    the  fair  chambers  of  the  King. 

k'4.  Wonder  and  pieafure  tune  our  voice, 
'  To  fpeak  thy    praifes  and  our  joys  : 

Ourmem'ry  keeps  this  love  of  thine 

Beyond  the  taite  of  richer!  wine,  j 
c  Tho'  in  ourieives,  deform'd  we  ate, 

And  black  as  Kcdar^s  tents  appear  ; 

Yet,  when  we  put  thv  beauties  on, 

Fah-as  the  courts  of  Solomon. 
f6  While  at  his  table  fits  the  King, 

He  loves  to  fee  fmile  and  ftng  : 

Our  graces  are  our  beft  perfume, 

And  breathe  like  fptkenard  round  the  room.  ] 
5  As  myith,  new  bleeding  from  the  tree, 

Such  is  a  dying  Chriil  to  me  ; 

And  while  he  makes  my  foul  his  guefr, 

My  bofom,  Lord,  flia.ll  be  thy  reil. 
•S  No  beams  ofced.tr,  or  of  fir 

Can  with  thy  courtsoaeaith  compare  ; 

Anu  here  we  waft    until  thy  love 

R'aife  us  to  nobier  feats  above.  ] 

rXVll.  Seeking  the  pafiuret  of  Chrift,  the  Sb>pjgeri> 

Solomon!*  Songs,  i.  7. 
B  '"TpHOU,  whom  my  foul  admires  above 
1     Ail  earthly  joy,  aai  tfaYahly  Ibve, 


B.  I.  5  P  I  B  ITU  Ah     SO  N&m 

Tell  me,  dear  Shroherd,  let  me  know 

Where  do  thy  fweeceft  paftuves  grow 
a  Whe  e  is  the  fha,  ow  of  that  Rock, 

Which  from  the  fun  defends  my  ficck*. 

Fain  I  would  feed  among  thy  flitep, 

Among  them  reft,  among  them  fleep. 
«  Whv  fliould   thy  bride  appear  like  one 

Who  turns  afide  to  paths  unknown  ? 

"My  conftant  feet  would  never  rove, 

Would  never  feek  another  love.* 
f4  The  foofife^>s  of  thv  nock  i  fe<-— i 

Thv  fweeterb  phases*  here  they  be  ; 

^  wond'rous  feaft  thv  love  prepares, 

Bought  witb  thy  wounds,  and  groans  and  team- 
c  His  deareft  fleih  he  makes  my  food, 

And  bids  me  drink  his  rickeftbhod  : 

Here  to  thefe  hills  my  foul  will  come, 

'Till my  beloved  lead  me  home.] 

LXVIII-  Banquet  of  love,  Sol.  Song  ii.   H  ->  &** 

I   T»"SHOLD  the  Rcfe  of  Sharon  here, 
J3-  Th°  LillvwVieh  the  valliesbcar! 
Behold  the  Tree  of  Life,  which  gives 
Refreshing  fruit  and  healing  leaves  ! 
2,  Among  the  thorns  foliilies  fnine, 
Among  wild  gourds  the  noble  vine  ; 
So  in  mine  eyes  my  Saviour  provesj 
Amidft  a  tho'fand  meaner  loves. 
3  Beneath  his  coa'sing  fhide  1  fft, 

To  fhield  me  from  the  burning  heat  1 
Ofheav'nly  rruithe  ft  read  a  fea#, 
To  feed  my  eyes,  and  pleafe  my  tafte. 
A  Kindly  he  brought  me  to  the  place 
'  Whe-eitood  thebanque?  of  his  grace j- 
He  faw  me  faint,  and,  o'er  my  head 
The  banner  of  his  love  he  fpread. 
(j  With  living  bread,  and  genvous  wine, 
*  He  chear'd  this  finking heatt  of  mine  j 
And  opening  hi?  own  heart  to  me,        .     - 
Hefhsw'd  his  thoughts,  how  Kind  Uiey  be.*j" 
6  O  never  let  my  Lord  depar*-  ! 
Lie  down  and  reft  upon  my  heart ; 
1  eharge  my  fins  not  once  10  move, 
Difturb,  nor  wake,  nor  grieve  my  love. 

LXIX.  Chrifi  appearing  to  hi*  Church,  and  feeking  btr 

company,  Soi.   Song iL  8,9,   10,  11,  &G. 
I  T^HE  voice  of  my  beloved 'founds 

X     Oizi  the  rocks  and  rifing  gronnds  j 


Z9  HYMNS     AND  B.  I 

O'er  hills  of  guiit,  and  f-as  of  grief, 
He  leaps,  he  Hies  to  my  ccuti  ! 
a  NuW  through  the  veil  of  fleih  J  fee, 
With  eyes  of  love  he  locks  on  me  j 
Now  in  the  goipeis  tleareft  gufs 
He  fhews  the  be  ut'es  ot  hi^  race. 

3  Gently  he  draws  my  heart  along, 
Poth  with  his  beauties  and  hisi-ongue'j 
Rife,  laith  ray  Lord,  tnake  hafle  aivay* 
No  mortal  jiys  pro  worth  thy  flay.. 

4  The  Jew  in  ivint  ry  Jlate  is  gone., 
The  m'ifis  arefied,  tbefpring  comes  on> 
Tbefacred  iu  tle-d    >e  Tve  bear 
Proclaim  the  ne'to    the  joyful  year. 

5  Tb*  immortal  vine,  of  beam  nly  root, 
Blcfjlms  and  buds,  and  gives  her  fruit  5 
Lo,  we  a  e  come  to  talte  the  wine  ; 
Our  louls  rejoice,  and  hefs  the  vine. 

5  And  when  we  hear  o\v  Jefus  tay — 
Rife  up  my  love,  and  hape  aivay  ! 

Our  hearts  would  fain  out-fly  t;ewind, 
And  leave  all  earthly  loves  behind. 

hXX.     Chrifl:  inviting,  and  the  Church  arfivering  the 
invitation,  5ol.   Son&  li.  14,   i6j   17. 

[il_j  ARK  !  theR^deerae    from  on  high, 
O    Sweetly  invites  his Yav'fkes  nigh  ; 

From  caves  of  darknefs  and  of  doubc, 
He  gently  foeaks    and  calisus  out. 
a  My  dove,  tuho  hide/}  in  the  rock. 
Thine  heart  c.lmofl  with  fsrrciv  broke, 
Lift  up  thy  face,  forget  thy  fear, 
And  let  thy  voice  delight  mine  ear. 

3  Thy  voice,  to  me,  founds  ever fweet  ; 
My'  graces  in  thy    ounf  nance  meet  : 
Too  the  vain  World  thy  fa.  e  defpife, 
""Tis  bright  and  comely  in  mine  eyes.     . 

4  Dear  Lard,  our  thankful  heart  receives 
The  hone  thine  invitation  gives: 

To  thee  our  joyful  lips  thail  raife 
The  voice  of  prayer,  and  of  praife.] 
[ ;  1  am  my  Love's  and  he  is  mine  ; 
Oj'  hearts,  our  h  >p~s,  our paffioas  join  , 
Nor  let  a  motion,  nor  a  word, 
Nor  though:  arife,  to  g-ieve  my  Lord. 

6  My  fou!  topaflures  fir  he  leads, 
Among  the  i'ilies.  where  he  feeds, 
Among  the  faints  (whofe  rob^s  are  whift 
"Wafh'din  his  blood)  is  his  delight. 


B.I.  SPIRITUAL      SONGS. 

7  'Till  the  day  break,  and  fhadpws    fiee, 

'Till  the  fweet  dawning  light  I  fee, 

Tbine  eyes  to  me-ward  often  turn, 

Nor  let  my  foul  in  darknefs  mourn. 
S  Be  like  a  hart  on  mountains  green, 

Leap  o'er  the  hills  of  fear  and  fin  $ 

Nor  guilt  nor  unbelief  divide 

My  Love,  rny  Saviour,  from  my  fide.  J 

LXXI.     Chri&  found  in  the  Jlreet,  end  brought  to  t&t 
Churchy  Sol.  Song  iii.  i,  z,  3,    >  j» 

S   jT"\FTEN  I  feek  my  Lord  by  night, 

yy   J  ejus,  my  love,  my  foul's  deu&hc, 

Wich  warm  defire  and  refUefs  thought 

I  feek  him  oft,  but  find  him  not. 
•-»  Then  I  arife,  and  fearch  the  ftreet, 

'Till  I  my  Lord  my  Saviour  meet  5 

J  afk  the  watchmen  of  the  night, 

Where  did  you  fee  my  foul's  delight  ? 
3  Sometimes  I  find  him  in  my  way, 

Directed  by  a  heav'nly  ray; 

I  leap  for  joy  to  fee  his  face, 

And  hold  him  faft  in  mine  embrace. 
£4  I  bring  him  to  my  mother's  home, 

*(Nor  does  my  Lord  refufe  to  come) 

To  S ion's  facred  chambers,  where 

My  foul  firffc  drew  the  vital  air. 
5  He  gives  me  there  his  bleeding  heart, 

Pierc'd  for  my  fake  with  deadly  fmaft  5 

I  give  my  Youl  to  .him,  and  there 

Our  loves  their  mutual  tokens  mare. 3 
'6  I  charge  you  all,  ye  e*rt;hly  toys,  ' 

Approach  not  to  di£:urb  my  joys  ; 

Nor  fin,  nor  hell,  come  near  my  heart, 

To  caufemy  Saviour  to  depart. 

LXXII.     The  -coronation  of  Chrifr, and  efpoufals  of  m 
Church,  So!.  Song  iii  -  2. 

I  T"\AIJGHTERS  of  Sion,  come,  behold, 
%Jr  The  crown  of  honor  and  of  gold, 

Which  the  glad  church,  with  joys  unknown, 

Pjac'd  on  the  head  of  Solomon. 
a  Jejiis,  thou  everlafting  King. 

Accept  the  tribute  which  we  bring  ; 

Accept  the  well-deferv'd  renown, 

And  wear  our  praifes  as  thy  crown. 
.3  Let  ev'ry  act  of  worfhip  be 

Like  our  efpoufals,  Lord,  to  thee-; 

Like  the  dear  hour,  when  from  above,, 

We  firft  receiv'd  thy  pledge  of  love.  3 

/  i 


Sz  HYMNS     AND  B.  I. 

4  Ths  gladnefs  of  that  happy  day 
Our  hearts  would  wjfh  it  Jong, to  ftay  ; 
Nor  letour  faith  forfake  its  hold, 
Nor  comfort  fink,  nor  love  grow  cold. 

5  O  !  let  each  minute  as  it  fljes, 
Increale  thy  praife,  improve  our  joys, 
'Till  we  are  rais'd  to  fing  thy  name 
At  the  great  fupper  of  the  Lamb. 

6  O  that  the  months  would  roll  away, 
And  bring  the  coronation  day  ! 
TheKing  of    Grace  fhall  fill  the  throne, 
"With  all  his  Father's  gluries  on. 

tXXIII.     The  Church's   beauty  in   the  eyes  of  Chrift, 
Sol.  Song  iv.  i,  io,  u,    7,?,  9. 

I  "IV-IND  is  the  fpeech  of  Chrift  our  Lord, 

JV.  Affe&ion  founds  in  ev'ry  word  j 

Lo,  thou  art  fair ,  my  love,  he  cries, 

Net  the  young  deves  have  jhvetter  eyes, 
[2  Siveet  are  thy  lips,  thy  pleafing  <voke 

Salutes  mine  ear  ivith  fecret  joys  ; 

Nofpicefo  much  delights  the  Jmell, 

Nor  milk  nor  honey  tajies  Jo  well, 

3  Thou  art  all  fair,  my  bride  to  met 
I  will  behold  no  fpot  in  thee  : 
What  mighty  wonders  love  performs^ 
And  puts  a  comeiinefs  on  worms  ! 

4  Defifd  and  loathfome  as  we  are, 

He  makes  us  white,  and  calls  us  fair  j 
Adorns  us  with  thatheav'nly  drefs  ; 
His  graces  and  his  right'oufnefs.     . 

5  My  fifter  and  my  fpoufe,  he  cries, 
Bound  to  my  heart  by  parous  ties  ; 
Thy  poivrful  love  my  heart  retains, 
In  jlrcng  delight,  and  pleafrg  chains. 

6  He  calls  me  from  the  leopard's  den, 
From  the  wild  world  of  beafts  and  men. 
To  Sion,  where  his  glories  are— 

Not  Lebanon  is  half  fo  fair. 

7  Nor  dens  of  prey,  nor  flow'ry  plains, 
Nor  earthly  joys.,  nor  earthly  pains 
Shall  hold  my  feet,  or  force  my  ftay 
When  Chrift  invites  my  fouj  away. 

LXX1V.     The  Chun h  the  garden  o/"Chrift,  Sol.    SonA 
iv.   ii,    1  j,  15,  and  v.  1. 

I  "X'517'E  are  a  garden  wall'd  sroun  1. 
V  V      Chofen  anl  made  peculiar  ground  ; 

A.  little  fpot,  inclos'd  by  grace, 
•  Qf'it  oi  the  world's  -.vide  wiidei  nefs. 


B,  J,  S  P  IRITUAL    SONGS,  35 

Like  trees  of  myrrh  and  fpice  we  ftand, 

Planted  by  God  the  Father's  hand; 

And  ail  his  fprings  in  Slon  flow, 

To  make  the  young  plantation  grow. 
*  Awake,  O  heav'nly  wind,  and  come^ 

Blow  on  this  garden  of  perfuae  5 

Spirit  divine,  defcend  and  breathe, 

A  gracious  gale  on  plants  beneath* 
4  Make  our  beft  fpices  flow  abroad, 

To  entertain  our  Saviour  God  ; 

And  faith, --and 'Jove,  and  joy  appear, 

And  ev'ry  grace  be  active  here. 
[5  Let  my  beloved  come,  and  tafte, 

His  pleafant  fruits  at  his  own  reaft  ;™= 

I  tome,my  fpoufe,  I  come ,  he  cries,      '  - 

With  love  and  pleafure  in  his  eyes. 

6  Our  Lord  into  his  garden  comes, 

Well  pleas'd  to  fmeil  our  poor  perfumes  3 
And  calls  us  to  a  feaft  divine, 
Sweeter  than  honey,  milk  or  wine. 

7  Eat  of  the  tree  of  life,  my  friends , 
The  bleffings  ivhich  my  Father  fends  ; 
Your  tafle  jball  all  my  dainties  prove 
And  drink  abundance  of  my  love. 

%  JeIus>  we  will  frequent  thy  board, 
And  ring  the  bounties  of  our  Lord  : 
But  the  rich  food  on  which  we  live, 
Demands  more  praife  than  tongues  can  give.] 

LXXV.      The  description  of  ChrJft,  the  beloved^  Scl, 
Song  v.  9,  id,  il,  12,  14,  15,  16. 

1  '"T^HE  wond' ring  world  enquire  to  know, 

X  Why  mould  I  love  my  Jefus  fo  : 
What  are  his  charms,  fay  they,  above 
The  objects  of  a  mortal  love  f 

2  Yes,  my  beloved,  to  my  light 

Shews  a  fweet  mixture,  red  and  white  : 
AJ1  human  beauties,  all  divine, 
In  my  beloved  meet  and  fhine. 

3  White  is  his  foul,  fr^mbtemim  free  5 
Red  with  the  blood  he  flied  for  me  j     i 
The  faireftof  ten  thoufand  fairs— « 

A  fun  among  ten  thoufand  ilars  5  ' 

[4.  His  head  the  fineft  gold  excels ; 

There wifdom,  in  perfection,  dwells, 

And  glory,  like  a  crown,  adorns 

Thofe  temples  once  befetwith  thorns. 
5.  Companions  in  his  heart  are  found, 

Hard  by  the  fignals  of  his  wound  : 

His  facred  fide  no  more  fhall  bear 

rhe  eroei  fcourge,  the  ?i;;-cb»  iV:-.  "j 


34.  HT  M  N  S     A  N  D 

£6  His  hands  are  fai.er  to  behold  *  * 

liiandi'monds  fetin  rings  of  gold; 

Were^HM  niy  hands  Whkh  on  the  ^ee 
Were  nail  d,  ana  turn,  and  bled  for  me  \ 

7  Tho'  once  he  bow'd  his  feeble  knees 

Loaded  with  iins  and  agonies  ' 

Now  on  the  throne  of  his  command 

His  legs,  likemarbie  pillars  /land. J 
[8  His  eyes  are  majeftyand  love 

The  eagle  temper' d  with  the  dove : 

No  more  ftall  trickling  forrows  roll 

Thro'  thofe  dear  windows  of  his  ioul.1 
9  His  mouth  whkh  pour'd  out  long  comolaints 

Now  fmiles,  and  cbears  his  fainting  faints  • 
Wis. countenance  more  graceful  is  *- 

1  han  Lebanon  with  all  its  trees. 

'V^L  0ver  gIor'ous  is  my  Lord, 
Muft  be  belov'd,  and  yet  ad-v'd  ! 
His  worth,  if  all  the  nations  knew, 
Sure  the  whole  earth  would  love  him  too. 

LXXVI.    Chrift  i^etlt  ?«  beawn,  but  •vifns  on  ear& 
Sol.  Song  vi.  r,  8,  3,  I2.   v 

1  WrfWnlAreafg,-,'S  ?3nd  and  hear  «"  tell        . 
Where  h^      beauu^s  ,n  my  Saviour  dwell;  J 

That  thev  mS°ner  ^  '*in  WOuJd  k™> 
%  M    I Tu,      Y  fCtk  and  i0ve  him  too/ 

Bathe  if  J!ht'  m  WolIds  ""known  : 
^thedefcends,  ana  /hews  his  face 

^  the  young  gardens  oT  his  grace. 

wLVln7a-d/  P,antedfcy  his  hand, 
VVherefrU]trultreqs;norderftand» 

"^eeds  among  the /picy  beds 

Where  hlhes  /how  their  fpotlefs  heads. 
4  JJe  has  engrofs'd  my  warmeftlove, 

£*  ?  earthly  charms  m v  foul  can  move  : 

J  nave  a  manfion  in  his  heart, 

Nor  death,  nor  hell  mall  make  us  part.J 
I  ?  He  takes  my  foul,  eVr  I'm,  aware, 

And  /howsme  where  his  glories  are  • 

No  char'ot  of  Amm'inadib 

The  heav'nly  rapture  candefcribe. 
6  O  may  my  fpirit  daily  rife 

On  wings  of  faith,  above  the  ikies, 

Jill  death  /hall  mike  my  kd  remov?, 

1  o  dwell  for  ever  wi:h  my  l0ye,         "* 


B,  I.  SP  I  RITUAL    S  ON  G  S. 

hXKVU.      The  lo-ve   of  Chrift  to  the  Churchy    Sol. 
Song  vii.  5,  6,  9, 12, 13. 

1  XTOW  in  the  galfriesof  his  grace 

XN|     Appears  the    king,  and  thus  he  fays  : 
How  fair  my  faints  are  in  my  fight  9 
My  Jovet  boiv  tie  a}  ant  for  aenght  I 

a  Kind  is  thy  language,  jov'reign  Lord, 
'i  here's  heav'niy  grace  in  ev'ry  word  \ 
From  tlrac  dear  mouth  a  ftream  divine 
Flows  iwecterthan  thechuiceft  wine 

3  Such  wond'ious  iove  awakes  the  lip 
Of  faints  who  were  aimoit  afieep, 
To  fpeak  the  pi  aifes  of  thy  name, 
And  makes  cur  cold  affections  flame. 

4  Thefe  are  the  joys  he  lets  us  know 
'  In  fields  and  villages  below  j 

Gives  us  a  reliim  of  his  love, 
But  keeps  his  nobleft  feaft  above * 

5  In  paradife,  within  the  gates, 
An  higher  entertainment  waits  5 
Fruits,  new  and  oia.  laid  up  in  ftore^ 
There  we  mali  feed— but  thirfbno  more* 

LXXVIII.     Strength  of  Chrift' s  Ijyve,  and  the  fo#£* 

jealoujy  cf  bet  ««;;,  Sol.  Song  viii.  &  &C. 

^TTfrWO  is  this  fair  one  in  diftrefs, 
V  V     That  travels  from  the  wildernefs  ? 
And  prefs'd  with  forrows  and  with  fins 
On  her  beloved  Lord  ihe  leans. 

5  This  is  thefpoufeof  Chrft,  our  Ged, 
Bought  with  the  treafiresof  his  blood,- 
And  herrequeft,  and  her  "complaint, 

Js  but  the  voice  of  ev'ry  faint.] 
3  cl   O  iet  my  name  engraven  ftand, 

Both  on  thy  heart  and  on  thy  hand  : 

Seal  me  upon  thine  arm,  and  wear 

That  pledge  of  iove  for  ever  there. 
4.  Stronger  than  death,  my  love  is  known, 

Which  floods  of  wrath  could  never  drown  , 

An  1  bell,  and  earth    in  vain  combine, 

To  quench  a    fire,  fo  much  divine. 
_§   B".t  I  am  jealous  of  mv  heart, 
•  Left  itih^uld  once  from  Thee  depart^ 

Than  Jet  thv  name  be  well  imprefs'd, 

As  a  rahrfignet  on  my  bread-, 

6  'Till  thou  haft  brought  me    to  thv  home, 
"  Whe-e  fears  and  doubts  can  never  come  j 

Thv  count  nance,  let  me  often  fee, 
And  often  thou  malt  hear  from  rne* 


%6  HYMNS     AN^  B.  L 

7   Come,  my  Beloved,  hafte  .  wav, 

Cut  fhort  the  hours  of  thy  delay  ; 

Fly,  like  a  youthful  heart  or  roe, 

Over  the  hills  where  fpk-es  grow. 

LXX1X.  A  morning  Kymn,   Pfalm  xix.    K,  8.  and. 
Ixxiii.  24,  25. 

*   /r""*l  OD  of  the  morning,  at  whofe  voice 

V_X   The  chearfui  lun  makes  haite  to  rife, 

And,  like  a  giant,  doth  rejoice 

To  run  his  journey  thro''  toe  ikies. 
a  From  the  fair  chambers  of  the  eaft, 

The  circuit  of  his  race  begins — 

And,  without  wearir.ifs  or  reft, 

Round  the  whole  earth  he  flies  and  ihines. 
3  Oh,  like  the  fun  may  I  fulfil 

Th'appointed  duties  of  the  day; 

"With  ready  mind  and  active  will, 

March  on,  and  ke;p  my  neav'nly  way  ! 
£  l  But  I  mail  rove,  and  ioie  the  race, 

If  God,  my  Sun,  fliouid  difappear, 

And  leave  me  in  this  world's  wild  maze 

To  follow  ev'ry  wand'r'ing  ftar. 
5.  Lord,  thy  commands  are  clean  and  pure, 

Eniight'ning  our  beclouded  eyes  ; 

Thy  threat'nings  juf-ythy  promife  fure, 

Thy  gofpel  makes  the  iimple  wife. 
6  Give  me  thycounfel  for  my  guide, 

And  then  receive  me  to  thy  blifs  \ 

All  my  defire  and  hopes  befide 

Are  faint  and  cold,  compared  with  this. 

I£XXX.   An  Evening   Hymn>  Pfal.  iv.  8,  end  iii.   5, 
6,  and  cx'iiii.  8. 

1  npHUS  far  the  Lord  has  led  me  on, 

X      Thus  far,  his    pow'r  prolongs  my  days, 
And  ev'ry  ev'ning-fhal!  make  known 
Some  frefli  memor'al  of  his  grace.   ' 

2  Much  of  my  time  has  run  towafte, 
And  I,  perhaps,  am  near  my  home  i 

•But  he  forgives  my  follies  p-'ft, 
He  gives  me  ftrength  for  days  to  come. 

3  Hay  my  body  down  to  fleep, 
Peace  is  the  pillow  for  my  head  j 
While  Well-appointed  angels  keep, 
Their  watchful  ilations  round  my  bed. 

4  In  vain  the  fons  of  earth  or  hell 
\Ts!ime  a  thoufand  frightful  things  • 

My  God,  in  fifety,  makes  me  dwell 
Beneath  the  ihadowofhis  wings. 


B,  I.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS.  37- 

[5  Faith  in  his  name  forbids  my  fear  : 

O  may  thy  prefence  ne'er  depart ! 

And,  in  the  morning  make  me  hear 

The  love  and  kindnels  of  thy  heart.    . 
6  Thus  when  the  nightof  death  ihall  come, 

My  flefli  ihall  reft  beneath  the  ground, 

And  wait  thy  vole;— to  route  my  tomb— 

With  tweet  iaivadon  in  the  found.  ] 

LXXXI.  A  Song  for  Mcrnwg  or  Evening,  Lam.    Hi. 

2,3,  Iia.  xlv.  ,7. 
1    TjL  /f  Y  God,  howencJels  is  thy  love! 

J.VX   Thy  gilts  are  ev'ry  evening  new  3 

And  morning  mercies,  from  above, 

Gently  diftil,  Ijkeearly  dew. 
a  Thou  fpread'ft  the  curtains  of  the  nighty 

Great  Guard'an  of  my  lleeping  hours  } 

Thy  Sov'reign  word  reftores  the  light, 

And  quickens  all  my  dvowzy  powr's. 
3  I  yi  eid  my  pow'rs  to  thy  command, 

To  thee,  J  coniecrate  my  days  : 

Perpet'aibleflings  from  thine  hand 

Demand  perpet'al  fongs  of  praife. 

LXXX1I.  God  far  above  creatures,  Job  iv.  17,  %u  . 

1    QHALL  the  vile  race  of  flefh  and  blood 

O  Contend  with  their  Creator  God  ? 

Shall  mortal  woims  perfume  to  be 

More  holy,  wife,  or  ju ft  than  He  ? 
a  Behold,  he  puts  his  truit  in  none 

Of  ail  theSpirits  round  his  throne  : 

Their  natures,  when  compar'd  with  hig 

Are  neither  holy.Juit  nor  wife. 

3  But  how  much  meaner  things  are  they,  t 
Who  fpringfrom  duft,  and  dwell  in  clay  ^ 
Touch'd  by  the  finger  of  thy  wrath, 

We  faint  and  varum  like  the  moth. 

4  From  night  to  day.  from  day  to  nighty 
We  die  by  thoufands  in  thy  fight  3 
Bury'd  in  duft,  whole  nations  He 
Like  a  forgotten  vanity. 

5  Almighty  Fow'r,  to  thee  we  bow  ;        -  . 
How  frail-are  we  !  how  glor'ous  thou  !— 
No  more  the  fons  of  earth  mail  dare 
With  an  eternal  God  compare  ! 

LX  XXIII,  Afflictions  under  providence,  Job  s}4> 

X  "fLjGT  from  the  duft  ami&ion  grows, 
X^    Nor  troubles  tixc  by  chance  ,\   . 
Yet  we  are  born  to-  cares     end  wo?tf 


£8  I!  T  M  N  S      AND  £.  j, 

a  As  fparks  break  out  from  burning  coaifc, 
And  (till are  upwards  borne  , 
So  grici'is  rooted  in  our  fouls, 
And  man  ^rov/s  up  to  mourn. 

3  Yet  with  my  God  J  le.Vve  my  caufe, 

Andt  uft  his  proniis fd  grace  j— 
He  rules  me  by  his  well-known  Uw1» 
Of  love  and  right 'oufneis. 

4  Not  all  the  pains  which  e'er  J  bore, 

Shall  iboil  my  future  peace — 
For  death  and  hell,  can  do  no  more 
Than  what  my  Father  pieafe. 

LXXX1V. — Salvation,   Righteou  fnefs,  and  Strength  in 
Chriit,  Ila.  xiv.  2*-— ——25. 

I     TEKOVA  H  fpeaks— lee  IiVel  hear  ! 

*J    Let  all  the  eai  ch  tejo  ce   asd  fear  \ 

While  God's  eternal  bon  proclaims 

His  fov'reign  honors,  and  his  names  :— *> 
%  "  1  am  the  la  ft,  and  1  t,.e  firft, 

"  The  baviour  God,  and  God  thejuft} 

"  There's  110212  belide  pretends  to  Ihew 

"  Such juftice,  and  l^lvation  too. 
£4  *'<  Ye,  who  in  madesof  darknefs  dwell, 

"  J  int  cm  the  verge  of  death  and  hell— 

•*  Look  upt-o  me,  from  diftant  lands, 

"  Light,  life,  and^heav'n  are  in  my  hands. 
4  "  i  oy  my  holy  name  have  Iworn, 

"  Nor  fnall  the  woi  Id  in  vain  return  j 

**  To  rne,  uia!iailthing3  bend  the  knee, 

'*   And  ev'ry   tongue  fhall  fwear  tome. 
1}  "  In  ME  alone,  mall  men  c*nfefs 

11  Lies  ail  their  ftrength  andright'oufnefs  5 

i(  But  luchas  ddredel'pife  my  name, 

**  Fil  clothe  ti.ern  witii  eternal  ihame; 
6  "  In  me,  the  Lord,  fh^liall  the  feed 

"  Of  Lfr'el,  from  their  fms  be  freed  ; 

"  And,  by  theirihining  graces  prove,    ■ 

*,  Their  int'reft  in  my  pard'ning  love. 

LXXXV.     The/ante. 

j  rT~^ HE  L^'d on  high  proclaims 

X      His  Godhead,  from  his  throne"} 
"  Mercy  and  ju  lice  are  the  names 
"  By  whicn  I  will  be  known. 
a  (<  Ye  dying  fowls,  who  lit 
<c  In  darkn'Ts  and  diftrefs, 
f*  Look  from  the  borders  of  the  pit 
«*  Tomyrecov'ringgrac;." 
3  Sinners  fhall  hear  che  found  ; 

Their  thankful  tongues  flul!  own, .      , 
#ur  right'      \*?(s  and  (tren^thaie  f»un« 
Jnlhee,  the  Lor*  alons* 


B.I.         /spiritual  songs.  H 

%  In  Thee,  mall  Ifr'el  truft, 

And  fee  their  guilt  forgiv'n  ; 
God  will  pronounce  the  tinners  jn&, 
And  take  the  faints  to  heav'n. 

£ XXXVL     God  holy,  juft  and  fvoereign,  Job  &  £, 

2  JTTOW  mould  the  fons  of  Adam's 
A-!      Be  pure  before  their  God  ? 

2f  he  contend  in  right'oufnefs, 
We  fall  beneath  his  rod. 
a  To  vindicate  my  words  and  thoughts 
F1J  make  no  more  pretence  j 
Not  one,  of  all  my  thoufand  faults,  j 
Can  bear  a  juft  defence. 
S  Strong  is  his  arm,  his  heart  isv/ife  j- 
What  vain  prefumers  dare 
Againft  their  Maker's  hand  to  rife, 
Or  'tempt  th'  unequal  war  ? 
£4.  Mountains,  by  his  Almighty  wrath. 
From  their  own  feats  are  torn  ; 
Ke  makes  the  earth  from  fouth  to  north,, 
And  ail  her  pillars  mourn. 
5  He  bids  the  fun  forbear  to  rife* 
Th'  obed'ent  fun  forbears  ! 
His  hand,  with  fack-cloth,  fp reads  the  fkles. 
And  feals  up  all  the  ftars. 
€  Ke  walks  upon-.the  ftormy  fea— 

Flies  on  the  ftormy  wind  j 
^.. There's  none  can  trace  his  wond'rous  way, 
Or  his  darkfootftep6  find,  j 

LrXXXVII,     God  dkvclls  ivith  the  humble  and  ptniteijfr* 
Ifaiah  lvii.  15,  16. 

a  npKU-S  faith  the  high  and  lofty  One, 

■  JL      t€  I  tit  upon  my  holy  throne  5 

My  name  is  GOD,  I  dwell  on  high— 

Dweil  in  mine  own  eternity. 
£  But  I  defcend  to  worlds  below— 

On  earth,  I  have  a  manfion  too  : 

The  humble  fpirit  and  contrite 

Is  an  abode  of  my  delight. 

3  The  humble  foul,  my  words  reviye, 

I  bid  the  mourning  tinner  iive  ;  j 

Heal  all  the  broken  hearts  I  find,  . 
And  eafe  the  forrows  of  the  mind. 
[4  When  I  contend  againft  their  fin, 
J  make  them  know— hoio  vile  thefve  been  + 
Mat  mould  my  wrath  forever  fmoke, 
TMir  fouh  would  fink  beneath  myftrokev 

K  k 


ji  Cmay  thy  oard'ning  grace  be  nigh, 
Left  we  mould  faint,  defpair  and  die  ! 
Thus  mall  our  better  thoughts  approve 
The  methods  of  thy  chaff  ning  love.] 

LXXXVUl.  Life,  the  day' of  Grace  and  Hope,  Ecclerf 
ix.  4,  5,  6,  ic. 

I   T     IFE  is  the  time  to  ferve  the  Lord, 

\_j  The  time  t1  infure  the  grear  reward; 

And  whiie  the  lamp  holds  ouc  to  Sxirri, 

The  vileft  firmer  may  return/ 
£s  Life  is  the  hour  which  Gbd  his  glv'h* 

To  'fcapefrem  hell,  and  fly  to  heav*n  | 

The  day  of  grace,  whenmortals""may 
i  Secure  the  bieffingsof  the  day.] 
g'  The  living  know  that  they  muft  die, 

Hut  all  the  dead  forgotten  Jie  : 

Their  mern'ry  and  their  lenfe  is  gontj, 
,  Alike  unknowing^and  unknown.- 
F4  Their  hatred  and  their  love  }s  loft. 

Their  envy  truiyd  ia  the  duft  j 

They  havenofhare  in  all  that's  done 

Beneath  the  circuit  of  the  fun.] 

5  Then  what  my  thoughts  defign  to  do, 
.My  hands,  with  ail  ycur  might  purine; 
Since  no  device,  nojr  work  is  found,        \  . 
Nor  faith,  nor  hope,  beneath  the  ground 

6  There  are  no  a£ts  of  pardon1  paft 

In  the  coid  grave,  to  which  we  hafte  ;. 
Bat  darknefs,  death,  and  long"  defpair 
Rains  in  eternal  filence  there. 

LXXXIX,     Youth  and  judgment)  Eccl.  xi.   (jji.- 

I-  \Jr'E  f  >ns  of  A'dam,  vain  and 'young, 

X      Indulge  your  eyes,  indulge  your  tongue, 

Tsfte  the  rfeli§hts*yfciur  fouls  dciiie. 

And  give  a  Joofu  co  all  your  fire, 
a  Purfue  the  pieafures  you~defign, 

And  chear  your  hearts  with  fong?  and  wine  ^ 

Enjoy  theuayof  mirth— hut  know 

There  is  a  day  of  judgment  too. 
*  God,  fr'Jm  on  high,  behoids  your  thoughts, 

His  book  records  your  fecret  faults  ; 

The  works  of  darknefs  you  huve  done, 

Muft  all  appear  before  the  fun. 
/».  The  vengeance,  to  yaur  follies  due, 

Should  l'rrike  your  hearts  with  reu or  through^ 

tw  will  you  ftand  before  his  face, 
jriiwer  tor  ftfo  inj&i'd  grate  / 


^,  I,  SPIRITUAL    S<XN€3. 

5 "Almighty  Cod,  turn  oft  their  eyes 
From  the  alluring  vanities  ! 
And  let  the  thunder  of  thy  word 
Awake. their  iouk  to  fear  the  Lord, 

XC.     Tie  fame. 

5   T    O,  the  young  tribes  of  Adam  rjfe, 
frLrf  And  thro' all  nature  rove  j 
Fulfil  the  willies  of  their  eyes, 
:  And  tafte  the  joys  they  lore. 
S  They  give  a  ioofe-to  w;!d  defrres  ; 
' ~ ..      But,  let  the  firmers  know, 

The  ftrift  account,  which  God  requires 
Of  all  the  works  they  do, 
b  The  Judge  prepares  his  throne  on  high  j 
The  frighted  earth  and  feas    . 
Avoid  the  fur  y'  -of  Ms  eye, 
And  flee  before  his  fac^r. 
4  Hew  fnalll  bear  that  dreadful  day, 
And  itand  the  fiery  teft  ? 
I  give  all  mortal  joys  away 
To  be  for  ever  bleft. 

XCI.     Advice  to  Youth,  EccL .  wl.  i,  ^. 

U  "\TGW  ih  the  heat  of  youthful  btood} 

J_%|     Remember  your  Creator  God  .: 

Behold,  the  months  come  haft'ning  on, 

When  you  (hall  fay— «?v  joys  are  gone  j    . 
s  Behold,  the  aged  firmer  goes, 

Laden  with  guilt  and  heavy  woes3 

Down  to  the  regions  of  the  dead 

"W  i  th  endlefs  curies  on  his  head. 
3   The  duft  returns  to  duft  again  ,    . 

The  fou],  in.  agonies  of  pain, 

Afcends  to  God  ;  not  there  to  dwell, 

But  hears  her  doom,  and  finks  to  hell* 
4   Eternal  King  1   I  fear  thy  name  j 

Teach  me  to  know — how  frail  J  am— 

And,  when  my  foul  muft  hence  remove* 

Give  me  a  manfi-sn  in  thy  .love* 

XCIL      Chrift,   JFifdom  of  God,  Pro-  viii.  I,  jrj,  ^ 


\s 


HALL  Wifdpm  cry  aloud, 
And  not  her  fpeech  be  heard  ? 
J.\h  e  voice  of  God's  eternal  word, 
Deierves  it  no  regaru  ?  » 

f  I  was  hisch'ef  delight. 

H;s  everlafting  Son, 
Htfire,,  the  fifcft-of  allhis  w^y!-t% 
.  L-  r;?:  ticn  was"  began.  .  t. 


£E  HTMNS     ANB 

3  Before  the  filing  clouds, 

Before  the  iol id  land, 
Before  the  fields,  before  the  floods, 
*  I  dwelt  at  his  right  hand. 
"When  He  adorn"  d  the  fkies, 

And  built  them— I  was  there. 
To  order  when  the  fun  mould  xu23 
And" martial  ev'ry  ftar. 
§  When  He  pour'd  out  the  fea, 
Ad  fmead  the  flowing  deep, 
I  gave  the  flood  a  firm  decree, 
— In  its  own  bounds  to  keep.— 
6  Upon  the  empty  air 

The  earth  was  balanc'dwell  ; 
With  joy,  I  favv  the  manfion,  where 
The  fons  of  menlhoiilj  dwell. 
•j  Mv  bufy  thoughts  at  nrft 
On  their  falvationran, 
E'erfin  was  born,  or  Adam's  dull 
Was  fafhion'd  to  a  man. 
§  Theacome,  receive  my  grace, 
Ye  children  and  be  wife  ; 
Happy  the  man  who  keeps  my  wsys, 
The  man  who  fh  uns  them,  dies." 

J(CIII.     Wifdom  cbeyed  or  reffted,  Pro.  viii.  3^  3U 

3  npHUS  faith  the  wifdom  of  the  Lord — 

JL      "  Blefs'd  is  the  man  who  hears  my  Word, 

Keeps  daily  watch  before  my  Agates, 

Ana.  at  my  feet,  for  mercy  waits. 
■2  The  foul,  whofeeksme,  fliall  obtain 

immortal  wealth,  and  heav'nlygain-j 

Immortal  life  is  his  reward- — 

Life— and  the  favor  of  the  Lord. 
5  But  the  vile  wretch,  who  T.es  from  ms, 

Doth- his  own  foul  an  injury  : 

Fools,  woo  againft  my  grace  rebel, 

Seek  death— and  love  the  road  to  hell." 

XCIF.  Jttftif cation  by  faith,  tkt  by  Works,  Rom.  Jii. 

?  T  /'AIN  are  the  hopes,  the  fons  of  men 
V        On  their  own  works  hnve  built  j 
Their  hearts,  by  nature,  all  unclean, 
And  all  their  actions  guilt. 
2  Let  Jew  and  Gentile  rtnp  their  mouths, 
Without  a  morfti'ring  word, 
And  thj  whole  race  of  Adam  (land 
Guilty  before  the  Loud, 


B.J,  SP  1SITZ7AL    SGN&S, 

3  In  vain,  we  aft.  Gocf  s  rightfous  law 

To  juftify  us  now  j 
Since — to  convince,  and  to  condemn*— 
Is  all  the  law  can  do. 

4  Jefus,  how  glor'ous  is  thy  grace, 

When  in  thy  n  tree  we  truft  ! 

Our  faith  receives  a  rjghf-oufnefs 

Which  makes  the  finner  juft. 

XCV.     Regeneration,  John  i.  15.    and  Ui.  Vfr&c 

1  TkTOT  all  the  ou  ward  forms  on  earth, 
Ji.  t|      Nor  rites  which  God  Has  giV'h, 
Nor  will  of  man,  rior  blood,  nor  birth, 

Can  raife  a  foul  to  heav'n. 

%  The  fov'reign  will  of  God,  alone 

Creates  us  heirs  of  grace  ; 

Born  in  the  image  of  his  Son, 

A  'new  pecul'ar  race. 

2  The  Spirit,  iikefome  heav'nly  wind, 

Blows  en  the  fons  of  flefh  3 

New-modejs  all  the  carnal  mind, 

And  forms  the  man  afreih. 

4  Our  quick'ne, I  fou  Is  Srwake — and  "ife 

From  the  lor.,  fl      :  of 
On  heav'nly  things  we  hx  oui  eyes, 
And  praife  empioys  ou»  breath. 

XCVI.     Election  excludes  boafiing,  I  Cor.  i.  2,6,  3; 

I    T>UT  few  among  the  carnal  wife, 
*    O     Eut  few  of  noble  race 
Obtain  the  fayorof  thineeyesj 
Almighty  King  of  Grace. 

5  He  takes  the  men  of  meanefl  name,     , 

For  fons  and  heirs  of  God  ; 
And  thus,  he  pours  abundant  fhame 
On  honorable  blood, 

3  iJecallsthe  fboi,  and  33tak.es him  know 

The  ."  n  (Pries  of  h?s  grace t 
To  bring    fpi  ing  whdamiow, 
An' !  ail  its  pride  aoaie. 

4  N   ti&e  has  z)\  its  glory  loft, 

Whei  i   oui»ht  before  His  throne  : 
No  &&ih  mall  in  his  prefehce  boaft, 
But  in  the  Lord  alone. 


'B 


rrJI    Chrift,  cur  righteoufnefs,   j  Cor.  i.  $»« 

.    *  D  Tn  feadows  of  the  night 
Vv'e  lie,  tiiiChrift  reftares  tfcej>g$?  / 


4ft 


HYMNS     AND  g.  $ 


^fWifdom  defcends  to  heal  the  blind/ 
"And  chafe  the  darknefs  of  the  mind. 

a  Our  guilty   fouls  are  drown'd  in  tear*, 

M    'Till  his  atoning  blood  appears  ; 
Then  we  awake  from  deep  diit.efs, 
And  ling — the  Lcrdy  cur  High t'ouj nejsl 

5  ODr  very  frame  is  mi x'd  with  fin  ; 
His  Spirit  makes  our  natures  clean  5 
Such  virtues  from  his  luff  rings  rk>W, 
At  once  to  cleanle  and  pardon  too._ 

4  Jefus  beholds  where  faran reigns, 
Binding  hisjflaves  in  heavy  chains  ; 
He  fets  the  pris'ners  free  and  breaks 
The  iron  bondage  from  our  necks. 

<j  Poor  helple.fs  worms  in  Thee  poffefs 

Grace,  wifdom,  pow'r,  and  right'oufnefs| 
"  Thou  art  our  mighty  ALL— and  we 
Give  our  whole  feives,  O  Lord,  to  thee. 

XCVUh  The  fame. 

t  T  T  OW  heavy  is  the  night 

O   Which  hangs  upon  our  eyes, 
'TillChrift  with  his  reviving  light  w 
Over  our  fouls  arjfe  ! 
a^Gur  guilty  fpirits  dread 

To  meet  the  wrath  of  heav'n  5 
'Till  in  his  right'oufne'fs  array'd, 
We  fee  our  fins  forgiv  n. 

3  Unholy  and/  impure 

Are  all  our  thoughts  and  wayo 
His  hands  intedled  nature  cure 
With  fancTiifying  grace, 

4  The  pov/rs  of  hell  agree 

T6  hold  our  fouls,  in  vain  ; 
He  fets  the  j oris  of  bondage  free^ 

Arid  breaks  the  curfed  chain.   \ 
e  Lord — we  adore  thy  ways 

To  bring  us  near  to  God— 
Thy  fov'reign  pow'r  thy  beaiing  grace. 

And  thine  atoning  blood  ! 

XCIX.   Stores  made  children  cf  Abr"am)  Mat. 

1  T  7  A  IN  are  the  hopes  which  rebels  place 
V     Upon  their  birth  and  blood, 
Defcepded  from  a  pious  rnce — 
(7b,:ir  fathers  noiv  iv'tth  God.) 
a  He.  from  the  caves  ofearth  and  hell 
!       Can  take  th?  hardeft  ftones, 
'  And  fill  the  houfeof  AbVaoo w«}l 
With  new  created  fojis. 


-. 


S.  to  5  P  I  RITUAL     SONGS,  2§'. 

3  Such  wond'rous  pow'r  he  doth  poffefs. 
Who  foriri'd  our  mortal  frame, 
Whff  call'c  the  world  from  emptinefs— 
The  world  obey'd  and  came. 

-  *  C.  Belief  e  ana  befaved,  John  3ii.  16.  *7,  it 

1  "^TP"T  to  condemn  the  fons  of  men, 

X>1    Did  C hijil,  the  Son  of  God  appear  1 

No  weapons  in  his  h^nds  areleen, 
H  No  flaming  fword.  nor  thunder  -there.    ? 
S  Such  was  the  pity  of  our  God — ■   *■ 

He  .'ov'd  the  race  of;manfo  welf, 

He  lent  his  Son,  fco  bear  our  load" 

-  Of  fins,  and  fave  our  fouls  from  helh 
3  Sinners, believe  the  Saviour's  word,- 

Truft'in  his  mighty  fl*me,  and  live  3 

A  thoufand  joys  his  lips  afford, 
%  Kis hands  a  thoufand  bleflings  give. 
£.  But  vengeance  and  damnation  lies 

On  rebels,  who  refufe  his  grace } 

Who  God's  eternal  Son  defpife,^  '' 

The  hott  eft  hell  ftali  be  their  place.  ... 

CI.  Joy  in  htav  en  for  a  repenting  Jinn  er,  Lu.  xW 

I   *WY&®  can  defcribe  the  joys,  which  rife 
Vy      Thro*  all  the  courts  of  paradife^ 
To  fee  a  prodigal  return, 
s.  To  fee  an  heir  of  glory  born  ? 
%  With  joy,  the    Father  doth  approve 
The  fruit  of  his  Eternal  love;  •    \ 

The  Son,  with  joy,  looks  down  and  fees 
'  The  purchafe  of  his  agonies. 
3  The  Spirit  takes  delight  to  view 
The  holy  foul,  he  form'd  anew  5 
And  faints,  and  angels,  join  to  fing 
The  growing  empire  of  their  King. 

CII.  — The  Beatitudes,  Matt,  ?,  &r  1  —3&- 

I-T>  LEST  are  the  humble  fouls,  who  fee 

J3   Their  ^emptinefs  and  poverty  ; 

Trealuresof-grsce  to  them  ar-egiv'n," 

Andcrowns  of  joy  laidupin  heav'n.] 
\%  B'eftarethe  men'of  broken  heart, ' 

Who  mourn  for  £n,  with  inward  fin  aft  3 

The  blood  ofChriftdevlneiy  flows 

A  healing  balm  for  all  their  woes,] 
[4  Bieft  are  the  meek,  who  ftand  afar" 


From  rage  and  pafiion,  noife  aadwarj 

God  ^'illifecure  their  happy  ftate,    ..■  '■' 


id  plead  their  caufe  tgaiaft  the 


g'fea^j 


^c  HYMNS     AN® 

IH  Bleft  are  trie  fouls  who  thirft  for  graces 

Hunger  andbng  for  right'du  lhefs  j 

.Tn    ,    n.'ii  b e  vvell  ifupply'd  and  fed 

With  iiringfbeama  and  living  bread,] 
[5  Bleft  ae  the  men  whofe  bowe'.s  move. 

And  melt  wit£ifyipipathy  md  love; 

From  Chrift,  the  Lord,  they  /hall  obtain 

Like  fympathy,  and   love  again,  j 
[6  Blpftare  the  r-aie,  whofe  hearts  are  clean 

From  the  defiUng  pow'r  of  fin  ; 

With  endlefspl^gfure^ey  mail  fee 

A  God  of  fpotlefs  purity'] 
\j  Bleft  are  the  men  of  peaceful  life, 

Who  queachthe  coals  of  growing  ftrife 

They.Aallbecaira— 1 theXheir.ofbafs, 

The  fons  of  God —  the  God  of  peace.'] 
[8  Bleft  are  the  fufPrers,  who  partake 

Of  pain  ar4.  fhame, .for  Jems'  fake  ; 

Their  ibuls  (nail  triumph  ia  the  Lord, 

Glory  and joy  are  their  reward.] 

CIIl.  Not  ajbamed  of  tbigofed.  %  Tira.  i.  i^v 

1   T'Vi  not  aiham'd  to  own  my  Lord, 
A    Or  to  def/n.i  his  cactfc, 
Maintain  the  honor  of  his  word, 
The  glory  of  his  crofs. 
a  Je  us,  my  God  !    1  knew  his  namS, 
H  s  name  is  all  mytruft  5 
Norwili  he  put  mv  foul  to  lhame 
Noi   let  my  hope  be  loft. 
$  Firm  as  his  throne,  his  promife  frand?, 
A  nd  he  can  weil  fecure 
What  1  ve  commited  to  his  hands, 
1  till  thedecilive  h»ur. 
4  Then  wilt  he  own  my  worthlefs  namS 
Before  his  Father's  face  j 
And,  in  the  new  Jerufalem, 
Appoim  .my  loul  a  place. 

<£iV.  State  of  nature  and  grace,  I  Cor*  vi.  JOj  II. 

NOT  the  malici ou=  or  profane, 
The  wanton,  or  the  proud, 
Kor  thieves,  nor  fland'rers  (hall  obtain 
The  kingdom  of  our  God. 
3  Sutpr&ing  grace  i   And  fuch  are  we 
By  nature,  and  by  fin  j 
Heirs  of  immortal  mifery, 
Unholy  and  ur.clean. 
3  Butweare  waihM  in  Jems'  bloody 
We're  pardon  d  tlrrV  KIs  name  j 


i.  1.  ,    SPIRITUAL    302VGS.  47 

And  the  good  Spirit  ofour  God 
■    Has  fandtifyrd  our  frame. 
O,  for  a  perfevering  pow'r 

To  keep  thy  juft  commands  ! 
We  would  deriie  cur  hearts  no  more, 
No  more  pollute  our  hands. 

CV.  Heaven  inv'ifible  and  holy,  1  Cor.  ii.  g,  "lo. 
Rev.  xxi.'  2. 
J  '"\TOR  eye  hath  feen,  nor  ear  has  heard, 
JL%!    Nor  fenfe,  nor  reafon  known, 
What  joys  the  Father  has  prepar'd 
For  thofe  who  love  the    Son. 

2  But  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

Reveals  a  heav'n  to  come  ; 
The  beams  of  glory,  in  his  word* 
Allure  and  guide  us  home. 

3  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  iky, 

And  all  the  region  peace ; 

'  No  wanton  lips,  nor  env'ous  eye:, 

Can  fee  or  tafVe  the  biifs. 

8  Thofe  holy  gates  forever  bar 

Pollution,  mi,  and  ifcame  ; 
I   None  ill  all  "obtain  admittance  there- 
But  folTwers  of  the  L^mb, 

9  He  keeps  the  Father's  book  of  life, 

There  all  their  names  are  found  5 
The  hypocrite,  in  vain  maUfirive 
To  tread  theheav'nly  ground. 

'   CVI.  Dead  to  fin  by  the  crafs  of  Chzlft,  E.o.  fri.  1, 

3  QHALL  wegocntofin, 

O  Becaufethy  grace  abound' 
•    Or  crucify;    the  Lord  again, 
And  open  ail  his  wounds  ? 
S  Forbid  it,  mighty  God  ! 
Nor  let  it  e'er  be  fald, 
-  That. we,  whofefins  ?,re  crueify'd. 

Should    raife  them  form  the  dead, 
3  We  will  be  flaves  no  more,  • 

Since  Chrift  has  made  us  free. 
Has  nail'd  our  tyrants  ro  thfc  croia'j 
,       And  bought  our  liberty. , 

Em  The  Fall  and  Recovery  of  Man  /Or,  Chria^r- 

Saian  at  enmity,  Gen.  iii.  1.  15,  i7»Gal.  tv.  4.,  UpK 

ii.  15- 
.?  T>ECtflV'D  by  fubtile  fnares  of  hell, 

J[_^f   Adam,  our  head,  our  father,  fell  5 

When  fatan,  in  theierpent  hid,, 

Frcpos'd  the  fruit  which  God  forbid  j 

L  I 


jQ  H  T  M  N  o'     A  N  3 

Z  Death  was  th?  threat'ningr  Death  began' 
To'  take  poiTr  fiion  of  the  man  j 
His  unborn  race  veceiv'd  the  wound, 
And  heavy  curfe?  fmote-the  ground. 
But  fatan  found  a  worfe  reward  ; 
Thus  faith  the  ven^eanceof  the  Lord—* 
*'   Let  eve;iu'lin,j  hatred  bs 
ft  Betwixt  the  woman's  feed  and  thee. ' 
.■*.  "  Tiie  woman's  fcfid  fh all  befny  (dti  ; 
"  He  fhj'j  cieftrOy  what  thou  hail  done-— 
Shail  break  thy  head — and  only  feel 
^  Tbv  malice  raging  at  his  fieel,* 
^5  Hefpake — -an.i  bid  four  thoufand  years 
Roil  on — it  length  his  Son  appears  j 
At  gets.  W;th  joy  del'cend  to  earth, 
,Ami  fing  the  young  Redeemers  birth. 
6'  Lo  j  by  the  fons  of  heii  he  dies  ! 

But,,  as  he  hung  'twixt  earth  end  /kierp 
He  gave  their  prince  a  fatal  blow, 
-And  triumph' J  o'er  the  pow'rs  below.} 

CVI1I.  Chart  unjeen  and  beloved,  x  Pet.  u  Si 

I  \TOT  with  our  mortal  eyes 
1>|     Have  we  be  he  Id  the  Lo  r  J  % 
Yet  we  r^jViceto  hear  his  name, 
.     And  lave  him  in  his  word. 
Z  On  earth  we  want  the  fight. 

Of  our  Kedt?effler'$  face}.  ■  . 

Vet,  Lord,  our  intrioft  thoughts  deligfo? 
J     To  dwell  upon  thy  grace, 
%.  And  when  we  t'afte  thy  love, 
Our  joys  divinely  grow- 
Unfpeak*ble,  iikethofe  above,- 
And  heav'n  begins  below. 

CIX.   The  Value  of  ChrirVtftfi  bis  Righlecifnefs, 
iii.  7,    S,  c. 

2  "j^TO  mare.  my  God,  I  boa(l  no  more 
JLN    Oi:  ill  fch,e  dudes  I  have  done; 

I  quit  the  hope*  I   he  Li  before, 

To  'ruiV  the  merits  of  th>  Sen. 
S  Now,  fortjae  love  i  bear  his  aai.i'e, 

"What  waimv  g$in,l  count  my  )cfs$ 

Mv  former  3'ide  1  tad  my  fiame, 
;.And  naii  my  glory  to  his  crofs.    ■ 
•/'Yes.  and   '  mull  and  \vj  1  i  •■ 
*   All  things  but  lofs  for  Jei'ui"   I 

@i  may  myfuu!  be  found  in  H?h*j 

fcnd  of  his  i  ight'ea&sfs  p*n  i 


|U  I.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS.  43 

4.  The  befl:  obed'ence  of  my  hands  * 

-    Dares  not  appear  before  thy  throne  j 

But  faith  can  anfwerthy  demands, 

i'y  pleading  what    my  Lord  has  done. 

CXrf  Death  and  immediate  Glory,  »  Cor.  v.    I,  5,  g. 

E  '"f  *HEREis  a  haufe  not  made  with^haud?-, 
J.      Eternal,  and  on  high  ; 
And  here,  my  fpirit waiting  ftands. 
Till  God  ft  all  bid  it  fly. 
t,  Shortly,  this  prifen.ofmy  cky        '    " 
Muit  be  dhTolvM.  and  fall  ; 
Then,  O  my  foul. ?with joy  obey 
Thy  heav'nly  Father's  caih 
}  *Tis -he,  by  his  Almighty   grar.e,  ' 
Who  forms  thee  fit  for  heav'n  : 
^   And,  as  an  earner*  of  the  place,' 
i        Has  his  own  Spirit  g'iv'n.  : 

g.  We  walk  by  faith  of  joys  to  come-, 

Faith  lives  upon  his  word  ; 
'Bur.,  while  the  body  is  our  home, 

We're  a  blent  from  the. Lore. 
;  'Tis  pleafanj  to  believe  thy  grace 
But  we  had  rather  fee  ;  ' 

•We  would  be  abfent  from  the  nV/h- 
And  prefent.  Lord,  with  thee. 

CXI.   Wal<vatiq?  /y  Grac£y  Titus  ili-  3— 7* 

T    T     ORD,  weconfrr^our  nurn'rous/aultc)^- 
*,  JLi   How  great  oar  euilt  has  h^r,  1 


,o.w  great  our  guilt  has  been 
t-x-uuuui  and  vain  were  ail  our  thoughts 
And  all  our  lives  were  fin.  * 

But,-  Q  my  foul?  forever  araife, 
:    Forever  Ipve  his  name^ 

Wh°cS^}hy  fest  fro^^ng'rouswavs. 
OffoUy,  fm,  and  ffiaMei  ] 

3  ''Tis  not  by  wo"  s  of  right'oufnefs,    * 

Which  our  own  harfds  have  done  ; 
Eutwe  are  fav'd  by  sov'iteigx    GR«qj, 

Abounding  thro1  his  Son ."j  . 

'Tis  f  mm  the  mercy  of  our  Godf     " "     '  ? 

That  all  our  hopes  begin  , 
'Tis  by  the  water  and  the  blood    " 

Onr  iouls  are  wafh'  d  from  fin< 
'Tis  through  the  purcliafe  of  his  death 

W^;WJg  upon  tbe  tree, 
I  he  Spxrir  is  fcnt  down  to  breathe 

On  iuefi  d'v  hones  as  we. 
„..ar,  c  from  the  ides  !,  vve  live  anetites 


&>  HYMNS     AND  B.  I 

We  ihall  appear  in  glory  too, 
<•-"    And  fee  our  Father's  face. 

CXII.     Looking  to  Jefus,  John  iii,   14—16. 

I   QO  did  the  Hebrew  prophet  raife 
O     The  brazen  ferperit  high  ; 
The  wounded  fck  immed'ate  eafey. 
The  camp  forbore  to  die. 
a  Lotk  upward  hi  the  dying  t:ur, 
Avd  l  i/ft^rtb  e  p  rr  r  h  e  v  c  r i  e  s  ;  — =• 
But  Chrift  performs  a  nobler  cure, 
When  f'dt.h  lifts  up  hex  eyes. 
g  High  or  the  oofs  the  Saviour  hung, 
High  o'er  the  heav'ns  he  reigns  ; 
.  Here-finners,  by  th'  old  ferpenr^ftung, 
-Look,  and  forge,    their  gains* 
4  When  God's  own  Son  is  lifted  up, 
A  dying  \KqrW  revives  ; 
The  Jew  behold?  the  gloi'ous  hope 
Th'  expiring  Gentile  lives. 

CX,III.  Abraham's  Bb.Jp.vg  0*  the  Gentiles,  Gen.  xvn* 
7.     Rom.  x"v.  8.     Mark  x.  14. 

x  -  '• 

T  TOW  large  the  prom'rfe  !   how  divine  !. 
T~\      To  AbYam,  and  h's  feed  ; 
"  —I'll  be  a  God  to  thee  *fcd  thine* 
(<  Supplying  all  their  nee.;/' — 
3  The  words  of  this  extenfive  love 
From  ag"-  to  age  endure  ; 
The  angel  of  the  c«v'nant  proves, 
And  lea's  the  bleffing  fure. 
3  jefus,  the  ancient  faith  confirms,     , 
To  our  great  fathers  giv'n  , 
He  takes  young  children  to  his  arms, 
And  calls  them-— £finr  of  heavn. 
4.  Our  God,  how  faithful  are  his  ways  !  - 
Kis  love  endures  the  fame  ; 
Nor  from  the  promife  of  his  grace 
Blots  cut  the  children's  name, 

CXIV.     Thcfamc.     Romans  xi.  16,  17, 

Z   f~\  ENTILES  by  nature,  we  belong 
VJ"     To  the  wild  olive  wood  ; 
GVace  takes  us  from  the  barren  tree, 
'p.nd  grafts  us  in  the  good. 
%  With  the  fame  blefilngs  g:  ace  endows 
•  The  Gentile  a;id  the  Jew  ; 


JB."I.  SPIX1TUAL    SONGS* 

If  Dure  and  holy  be  the  Root,  ,       ...  4    :: 

Such  are  the  branches  too. 
3  Then,  let  the  children  of  tie  faints 
Be  dedicate  to  God  5 
Pour  out  thy  Spirit  on  them,  Lord-, 
And  waili  thejnin  thy  blood. 
0.  Thus,  to  the  parents  and  their  feed, 
P       Shall  thv  fa Ivation  come, 

And  aum'rous  houftolds  meet  at  lait 
In  one  eternal  home, 

GXV.      ConvkTion  of  fin  by  the  law,  Ro.  *U  h  &<- 

t   f     ORD,  howfecuremy  confeience  was, 
X-J      And  felt  no  inward  dread  j 
I  was  alive  without  the  law. 

And  thought  my  has  were  dead. 
«  Ms  hopes  of  heav'n  were  firm  and  br^nt 
T       But  ixnee  the  -precept  came 
vWith  a  convincing  pow  r  andhgnt, 

1  find  how  vile  I  am. 
f*  Mv  guilt  append  but  fmall  before, 
h       "ii  1  terribfy  I  law— 
.  How  perfect,  holy,  juft,  ana  purgg 
Was  thine  eternal  1.  w. 
A  Then  felt  my  fouliheheavy  load  \ 
My  fins  reviv'd  again  j 
.  I  had  provok'd.  a  dreadful  God, 
And  all  my  .hopes  were  flam,  j 
e  I'm  like  a  helplefs  captive  fold, 
Under  the  pow'rot  an  ;     _ 
I  cannot  do  the.  good  1  would/ 
":     Nor  keep  my  confeience  ciean. 
6  My  God,  HI  cry  with  ev'ry  breath, 
For  foirf  kind  pow  r  to  lave, 
To  break  the  yoke  of  fin  and  death, 
And  thus  redeem  the  have, 

CXVT.     Love  tcGcdtnd  our  neighbour,  Mat.  ;X*li- 

,  rr»HUS  faith  the  firft  and  great  command, 
[         "  Let  all  the  inward  pow'rs  unite 
~  To  love  thv  Maker,  and  thy  God, 

W  1th  utmoft  vigor  and  delight.  - 
.%  Then  ihail  thy  neighbour  next  in  place 
Share  thine  affeftions  and  elteera, 
And,  let  thy  kindnels  to  thyiejf 
>teafiwe  and  rule  thy*  love  to  mm 
<-    This  is  the  fenfe  which  mofes  fpoke,  ^ 
1  Tfeis  did  th£  prophet*  teach  and  prove  jr- 


^        '  NT  M  N  S     A  N  D  B.  I. 

vfor  want  of  this  the  law  is  broke?  i  . 

'And  the  whole  law's  fuinTrl  by  love. 
$.  But  Oh  !   how  bale  our  pafE  >;>.s  art  !- 

How  cohi  our  charity  and  zsa!  ! 
-Lord,  fill  our  fouls  with  heav'nly  fire, 

Or  we  lhaii  ne'er  perforn-  thy  will, 

G-X  VI  I.     EleHicn^fovcreign  and /rrj^Romans  x.i    s : , 

[)  fYEHQJJ)  the  pcttrer  and  the  clay  ! 

XJ   He  forms  his  veffcls  as  he  pleafe  i 

'■'..  h  is  our  God,  arid.fuch  are  we, 

Ths  iubjecb  of  his  high  decre  s. 
a  Doth  not  the  workman's  pow're5Ct°nd 

O'er  all  the  mafs,  wnich  parttochoofcj 

And  mould  it  for  a  nobier  end, 

-And  which  rq  ieave  for  viler  ufe  ?"] 
3  May  not  the  fov'reign  Lord  on  high 

Difpenfe  his  favors  as  he  wili, 

Cnoofe  iome  to  life,  while  others  die^ 

Ani  vet  be  juft  and  gracious  ftilJ  ! 
I '4  What  if,  to  make  hist:  rror  known? 
.  ,  He  iecs  his  patience  Ijmg  enoure, 

SurFrinj  vile  rebels  to  go  on, 

An  i  feal  t..eir  own  aelirucuon  fure  ? 
<;  What  if  he  mean-  to  mow  his  grace, 

An^  his  electing  love  employs 

To  mark  out  fomepf  mortal  race, 

And  form  thern  fit  for  heav'nly  joys  ?3 
6  Shah  man  reply  a^ainft  the  Lord, 

And  call  his  Maker's  ways  unjufr, 

The  thunder  of  whole  dreadful  word 

Can  crufli  athouiand  worlds  to  dull. 
*r  But,  O  my  foul,  if  truth  fo  bright 

Should  dazzle  and  confound  thy  fighf. 

Yet  (till  his  written  will  obey, 

And  wait  the  great  decifi  veday. 
S  Then  mail  he  make  his  jnftice known, 
.  And  the  whole  world,  before  his  throne, 
:  With  joy  or  terror  mail  confefs 

The  glory  r,f  his  right  oufnefs. 

CXVIII,     Mofes  and  Chrift  ;  or,  fins  agawfl  the  /..«;, 
land  go/pel,  John  i.  vj.     Heb.  iij.  3,  5,6.  x.  a?.  \ 

I  r"]pHE  law  by  Mofes  came, 

A        But  peace,  and  trut'i,  ana  iove. 
Were  brought  by  Chrift  (a  ipbler  name) 
Dfefcending  from  above. 
%  Amidft  the  boufe  of  God 

Tkth  different  wirks  \v?»t  r<w,r  ; 


tik;n  SPIRITUAL    SONGS.  53" 

Motes  a  faithful  ferv-nt  ^ood, 
But  Chriit— a  faithful  Sen.— 

3  Thentpbis  new  commands 

Be  irxic£  ohed'erice  paid  j 
O'er  ail  hi:  Father's  home  be  ftands 
\       The  Scv'rek  n  anH  the   Head. 

4  The  ma^i  who  durf-defoife 

The  law  which  lAofez,  broughs  t 
Behold  I  how  terribly  he  dies 

For  his  prefumpfous  fault :  / 

5  But  forer  vengeance  falls 

On  that  rebelPous  race, 
V/ho  bate  to  hear  when  Jefas  calls 

And  dare  refill  his  grace,  - 

I  .  v 

CXIX.     Ibe  different    Su,ccfs  of  the   Gcfpel,  i  Cor//> 
2,3,  ^4,   a  Cor.  ii.  rt».    i  Cor.  iii.  6,  7. 

1   /^HRIST  and  his  crofs  are  alicur  theme  $ 
\_4     The  myft'ries  wh  ich  we  fpeak, 
Are  fcandalin  the  Jews'  efteem, 
An.'  folly  to  the  Greek. 
£  But  fouls,  enlight'ncd  from  above, 
With  joy  receive  the  word  j 
They  fee  wiiat  wifdom,  pow'r  and  love/ 
Shine  in  their  dying  Lord. 

3  The  viral  favor  of  his  name 

''  Reltores  their  fainting  breath  ; 

But  unbelief  perverts  the  fame  . 

To  guilt,  delpair,  and  death.- 

4  'Till  God  diffuie  his  graces  down, 

r  Like  fhdw'rs  of  heav'nly  rain. 

In  vain  Appollos  lows  the  ground, 

And  Paul  may  plant  in  vain. 

{  CXX.     Faith  cf  Things  »nfeer,,  Heb.  xi.  1,  3.  ®& 

1  TpAITH  is  the  brighter!  evidence 
i*       Of  things  beyond  our-' fight, 
Breaks  thro'  the  cloud.?  of  hem  znd  fe'nfe* 

And  dwells  in  heavenly  light. 

2  It  fets  time  part  in  pre  fen  t  view, 

Brings  diftant  prof  eels  heme, 
Of  things  a  ihoufand  years  ago, 
:     Or  thoufand  years  to  come.  ' 

3  By  faith  we  know  the  worlds  were  mad* 

By  God's  Almighty  word  5 
Abra'm,  to  unknown countries    edj 
.    '  By  faith  obeyed  the  Lord. 
4,  He-foughc  a  city,  fair  an-i  higlr^ 
Siilit  by  %h{  Eternal  iarg&fe  3 


54  H  r  M  N  SAND  Bi  Ia 

An  1  faith  allures  us,  tho*  we  die, 
■        That  heav'nly  building  llanos. 


CXXI.     Children  devoted  to   God,   Gen.    xvil.  7,  iQ* 
A£ts  xvi.  14,  15,  ^3,. 

fFsr  r,5>cp  t'jho  praEi'ice  Infant  Baptifm.) 

I  n^HU.S  faith  the  me  rev  of  the  Lord, 
I        "  i'U  be  a  God  totbee  ; 
fi  I'll  blefs  thy  nnm'rousiace — and  they 
"  Shah  be  a  feed  for  me," 
ft  Abra'm  believ'd  the  promis'd  grace, 
And  gave  his  fons  to  God  ; 
Eut  water  feals  t^e  bleflings  now, 
,         Which  or,ce  was  feal'd  with  biood. 
£  ThusLydia  fanclify'd  her  houfe, 
When  fhe  receiv'd  the  word  j 
Thusthe  believing  jailor  gave 
Hishou;liold  to  the  Lord. 
4  Thus  later  faints,  Eternal  King, 
Thine  ancient  truth  embrace  ; 
To  thee,  their  infant  offspring  bring, 

And  humbly  claim  the  grace.  *    ,v 

&XXII.    Belicuers  -juried  101th  Chufrinbaptifn^Rord, 
vi    3,  4,  &c. 

I  7~""\0  we  not  know  that  foJemn  word— 

JLy   Thatwe  are  bur)  fd  with  the  Lord  j 
.    Baptiz'd  into  his  death,  and  then 

Put  off  the  body  of  ourfin? 
%  Our  fouls  receive  diviner  breath, 

Raised  from  corruption,  guilt,  and  death  : 

So,  from  the  grave  did  Chrift  arife, 

And  lives  to  God  above  the  fides. 
15  No  more  let  fin  or  fatan  reign 
-.,  Over  our  mortal  fleih  again  ; 

The  var'ous  lulls  we  ferv'd  before 

Shall  have  dominion  now  no  more, 

CXXIII.     'The  repenting  prodigal,  Luke  xv.  lj: 

T   T)IH(vLD  the  wretch,  whofe  lull  and  wine 

JL>     Had  wafted  hisefta^e  ; 
.  He  begs  a  ihare  among  the  fwine, 
'      To  tafte  thehu/ks  they  eat.  '. 
■-'  il  I  die  with  hunger  here  (he  cries)- 
L  ftarye  in  foreign  lands  \ 
My  Father's  houie-has  large  fuppl'e? 
.  —<  1  boUbt^QSi  ata  K»8  haiftis.  - 


*.■*.  $  >  IR  i  U  TA  L   syo  at  G  8, 

%  2'U-go,  and,  with  a  mournful  tongue, 

Fall  down  before  his  face  ;      • 
Father  Fv'e  done  thy  juftice  wrong, 

Nor  cam defeive  thy  grace." 
4  He  faid— -and  haft'ried  to  his  home, 

To  fee k  his  Father's  ipve  J 
The  Father  law  the  rebel  come—' 

And  alt  his  bowels  move. 
£  He  ran--*-and  fell  upon  his  neck5 

Ejnbrac'd  and  kiis'd  his  fan  5 
:   The  rebel's  heart  with  forrow  wrajke 

For  follies  he  had  done. 
6  "  Takeoff  his  clothes  of  mame  and .fin3 '"" 

(The  Father  gives  command) 
**  Drels  him  in  garments  white  and  clean3 

"  With  rings  adorn  his  hand. 
^  <c  A  day  of  feafting  1 /Ordain, 

"  Let  mirth  and"  joy  abound  j 
»'*'  Myfonwas  dead,  and  lives  again, 

*'  Was  loft,  and  now  is  found."  _   • 

CXX1V. -.-: Mbt  firfi  and jecord  Adam,    Romans  v.  s%? 

B   T~*\EEP  In  the  duft  before  thy  throne, 
X_y    Our  guilt  and  ourdifgrace  we  own  j 
*<5reat  God,  we  own  th\  unhappy  name 
Whence  fprung  our  nature  and  our  ihame  ! 
8  Ad*m  the  finner  :— At  his  fall, 

Death,  like  a  conqu'ror,  feiz'd  us  all  j 
iA  thoufand  new-born  babes  are  dead 
By  fatal  union  to  their  head.- 

3  Butwhileour  fpirits,  fiil'd  with  awe, 
Behold  the  terrors  of  thy  law, 

'^Wefing  the  honors  of  thy  grace, 

'  That  fent  to  fave  our  ruin'd  race.    ■  % 

4  We  fing  thine  evfrlafting  Son, 
Who  join'd  our  nature  to  his  own  § 
Adam,  thefecon  i,  from  tne  duft, 
Raifes  the  ruins  of  the  ftrft.  - 

£5  By  the  rebellion  of  one  man, 
Thro'.all  his  feed-the^mifehief  ran; 
And  by  oneman"s|obed'ence  now 
Are  all  his  feed  made  righf'ous  too.. 

5  Where  fin  did  reign,  and  de'ithaboucda. 
There  have  the  fons  of  Adam  found 
Abounding  life— ihus  glor'ous  grace 

v&eigns  thro'  the  Lordj  our  rigiu'oufnefs» 

CXXV.-     Chrift's  CcmpaJJton  to  the  Weak  and  Tenrptii* 
;;*  -  Heb.  iv.  15,  10.  &  v.  9.  Mat.  xii.  ao. 

JTH  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 
©f  our  High  PrieTt,  above  j 

Mm 


55  HYMNS     AN  &  B.  I. 

His  hear,t  is  mstdeof  teiedernefs, 
t-     His  bowels  melt  with  love. 
<£  Touch'd'with  a  fyn-oathy  within, 
Ke  kn3Wsour  feeble  frame-- 
He  knows  what  fore  temptations  mean> 
:      For  he  has  felt  the  fame. 
j  But  fpotlefs,  innocent,  and  pure, 
"The  greeat  Redeemer  ftood  j 
While  fatan's  fiery  darts  he  bore, 
A.nd  did   relit,  tob'.oad. 
4.  He,  in  the  days  of  feeble  flem, 
"Pour'd  out  his  cries  and  tears  j 
And,  in  his  meafure,  fefe-ls  af.  eft, 

What  ev'ry  member  bears.  } 

£5  He'll  never  quench  the  fmoaking  £bj4 
But  raife  it  to  a  flame  : 
The  bruifed  reed  he  never  break*, 
Nor  fcornsthe  meaner!:  name.  } 
6  Then  let  our  humble  faith  addrefs 
His  mercy  and  hispow'rj      ? 
We  mall  obtain  delivering  grace 
In  the  diftrefirng  hour. 

CXXVJ,     Charity  andllncharitabknej^  Rom.  xiv.  tf, 
-    19,     1  Cor.  x   3». 

1  'V  TOT  difF'rent  food,  nor  dift'rent  drefs     ' 

X\j    Compbfethe  kingdom  of  our  Lord-*- 

Bnt  peace,  and  joy,  ancTfight'oufnc/s, 

Faith,  and  obed'nee  to  his  word. 
a  When  weaker  chriftians  we  defpife 

We  do  the  gofpe)  mighty  \vrong  ; 

ForGoi,  the  gracious  and  the  wife, 

Receives  the  feeble  with  the  ftrong.  '  \ 
3  Let  pride  and  wrath  \>z  banifh'd  hence  5 

Ivfeeknefs  and  love ;our  fouls  purfue  j 

Nor  fhall  our  practice  give  offence 

To  faints,  the  Gentile  or  the  Jew. 

CXXVII.     Chrlfc $  invitatatioHfoJjiiners,  Mat.;' 

S  "  pOME  hither  all  ye  weary  fouls,- 
VJ     Ye  heavy-laden  finners  come  j 

I'll  give  you  reft  from  all  your  toils, 

<  And  raife  you  to  my  he.iv'nlyhjme.    ' 

a  They  fhall  find  reft  who  learn  of  me  j 

I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  mind  ; 

But  paffion  rages  like  the  fea, 

And  pride  is  reftlefs  as  the  windv       '■£ 
g  Bie'ft  is  the  man  whofe  moulders  take 

My  yoke,  ariii  bear  it  with  delight  j 


1.  I.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS,  £7 

My  yoke  is  eafy  to  hi  s  neck, 

My  grace  ihall  make  the  burden  light." 

4  Jefus,  we  come  at  thy  command  j 
"With  faith^and  hope,  and  humb! 
Refign  our'fpirit's  to  thy  hand, 
To  mould.  a_nd  guide  us  at  thy  will. 

/CXXVIII.  The  Apojile' s Commifftoiii  Mark  xyi.  is,  &0a 
Matthew  xxviii.  18,  &c.  -    -.-.. 

5  "  /""*  O  preach  my  gofpel,  faith  the  Lord, 

VJT.  Bid  the  whole  earth  my  grace  receive* 

He  mail  befav'd  who  trufts  my  word, 

He  {hall  be  damn'd  who  won't  believe. 
£2  I'll  make  your  great ,commi£ion  knows^ 

And  ye  mall  prove  my  gofpel  time, 
-By  all  the  works  which  1  have  done^ 

By  ad  the  wonders  ye  fhall  do. 
3  Go  heal  the  fk:k,  go  raife  the  dead, 
__  Go,  caft  out  devils  in  my  name  ; 

Nor  let  my  prophets  be  afraid, 

Though  Greeks  reproach,  and  Jews  blaspheme,  1, 
£  Teach  aU  the  nations  my  commands-^  '     H  • 

I'm  with  you  'till  the  world  4hatl  ead  j 

All  pow'r  is  trufted  in  my  hands.,' : 

1  can  deftroy,   and  1  defend.""- 
5  He  fpake— and  light'fhone  round  his  head, 

On  a  bright  cloud  toheav'n  he  rode.j 

They  to  the  farther!:  nations  fpread 

The  grace  of  their  amended  God. 

CXXIX.      Subtnijjlon  and  deliverance,  Gen.   xu\u  C» 

2   O  AINTS,  at  your  heav'nly  Father's  wcrd^ 
O   Give  up  your  comforts  to  the.Lord  ^ 

He  fhall  reftore  what  you  refign,  .'  '  "  '  ** 

Or  grant  you  bleiTings  more  divine,    x'~~  "  ' 
a  So  Abra'm,  .with  obed'ent  hand,. .- 

Led  forth  his  fon  at  God's  command, 

The  wood,  the  fire,  the  knife  he  took. 

His  arm  prepar'd  the  dreadful  ftrcke.  ' 
%  "  Abra'm  forbear,  the  angel  cry'd, 

Thy  faith  is  known,  thy  love  is  try'd  j 

Thy  foii  fhall  live— and  in  thy  feed 

Shall  the  whole  earth  be  blefs'd  indeed  >" 
^  Juftin  the  laft  diftrefiing  hour 
.The  Lord  difplays  deliv'ring  powfr  5 

"The  mount  of  danger  is  the  place, 

Wh^re  we  fhall  fee  furprifin^  grace* 


$1  HTMNS     A  N  Q  £.  J 

QXXX*     Love  and  hatred,   Phi.  ii.  z.  Ep. 'v.     »»• 

S  ^\TO\V  by  the  bowels  of  my  God, 

JL\|     His  marp  diltxefs,  his  icit  complaint 

By  his  laft  groans,  his  dying  blood, 

I  charge  my  k>ul  to  Jpve  the  faints. 
£•  Clamor,  and  wrath,  and  war,  be  gone«*» 

Envy  and  fpite  forever  ceafe,   . 

Let  Wtter  words  no  more  be  Known 

Among  the  faints,  the  funs  of  peace. 
3  The  Spirit,  like  a  peaceful  dove, 

Flies  from  the  realms  of  nolfe  and  ftrife  j 

Why  ihotlld  we  vex  and  grieve  his  love, 

Who  feah    our  fouls  to  heav'nly  life  ? 
^Tender  and  kind  be  all  our  thoughts-^- 

Thro*  al.  co;  iiv.  s  let  mercy  run  : 

So  God  forgives  our  num'ious  faults 

For  the  dear  fake,of  Chi  ill,  his  ion,' 

CXXXL  .    -Ph-wif**  arA  Pubricfn^   Luke  xviii..  is. 

s   T>EHOLD  how  fmnersdifagree— 

X>  The  Publican  and  Pharisee  !_ 

One  doth  his  rignt'oufnefs  proclaim, 

The  otherowns  hjs  guilt  and  mame. 
%  This  man  at  humble  diliance  frands. 

And  cries  for  grace  with  lifted   hand:; 

Thai  boldly  fttes  near  the  throne, 

And  talks  of  duties  he  has  done. 

3  The  Lord  their  d iff' rent  languege  knows, 
Ani  different  aniwers  he  beftows  : 
The  humble  foul  with  grace  he  clowns. 
While  on  the  proud  his  anger  frowns, 

4  Dear  Father,  let  me  never  be 
Joined  with  the  boafting  Phraifee  j 
I  have  no  merit  of  my  own, 

;  But  plead  the  fiiff*  rings  of  thy  Son. 

CXXX1L      Hdlnefs  and  Grace,    Tit.  ii.  lOftf  J. 

3   QO  let  our  our  lip$  and  lives  exprefs 

O   The  holy  gofpd  we  profefs  ; 

So  let  our  works  and  virtues  mine 

To  prove  the  do&rine  all   divine.— 
a  Thus  ifcallwebeir.  proclaim  abroad 

The  honors  of  our  Savipur  God  } 

When  the  fulvatioi  reigns  within 

And  grace  fubdues  fha  pow*!  ot  lin. 
g  Our  fielh  and  fenfe  rhuft  be  deny'd, 

Pa.^on  and  envy,  lu#  and  pride  j   . 


B.I.  SPIRITUAL    SOtf&Si  |g 

While  jurlice,  tenip^rance,  truth  and  love, 

Qur  inward  piety  approve. 
3,  Religion  bears  our  fpirits  up, 
'    Whiie  we  expect  :hat  bieiTed  hope, 

The  bright  appeararce  of  the  Loid, 

And  faith  flands  leaning  on  his  word. 

CXXXIII.     Lcve  and  Charity,  i  Cor.  xiii.  Z—7» 

jT     ET  Pharifees  of  high  efteem, 
JLrf     Their  faich  and  zeal  declare  ; 
Ail  their  religion  is  a  dream, 
If  Jove  be  wan:ing  the&e. 
a  Love  fufFers  long  with  patient  eye, 
Nor  is  provok'd  in  hafte  :  ■• 
She  lets  the  prefent  injury  die, 
And  long  forgets  the  pair. 
£  j  Malice  and  rage,  thofe  fi»es  of  hell, 
She  quenches  with  her  t-jiiguc  j 
Hopes,  and  believes,  and  thinks  no  ill, 
Though  (he  endures  the  wrong.] 
£4  She  nor  deii.-es,  nor  feeks  to  know 
The  fcanuali  of  the  time  ; 
Nor  looks  wi.h  pride  on  thofe  beicw 
Nor  envies  thofe  who  climb.] 

5  She  lays  her  own  advantage  by 

To  feek  her  neighbor's  good  ; 
So  God's  own  Son  came  down  to  die, 
And  boiaght  our  lives  with  blood* 

6  Love  is  the  grace  which  i-reeos  her  pow'r, 

»n  reaim»  of  light  above  ; 
Theie  faith  and  hope  are  known  no  more, 
But  faints  forever  love. 

05CXX1V,     Religion  vain  without   Low,  i  Cor.  xiii. 

>    *>    i- 

I  TTAD  I  the  tongues  of  Gt?eks  aird  Jews, 
ii    And  nobler  fpeech  than  angels  uie, 

If  Jove  beabienc  1  am  found 

LikeSiKkJingbrais,  an  empty  found, 
a.  Were  I  infpir'd  to  preach  and  tell 

Ail  that  is  done  in  heav'n  and  hell, 

Oftfould  my  faith  the  world  remove, 

Still  i  am  nothing,  without  love. 
3  Should  I  distribute  all  myftore 

To  feed  the  bowels  of  the  poor, 

Or  give  my  body  to  the  flame, 

To  gain  a  martyrs  glorious  name.— 
^  If  love  to  God,  and  love  to  men 

Be  abfent — ali^my  be£ts  are  -vain  -•— 


go  i  HYMNS     AND  Bi  I. 

(JNor  tongues,  nor  gifts,  nor  fie.y  zeal,'. 
The  work,  of  love  can  e'er  fulfil. 

CXXX  V.     The  love  of  Chnft  Jbed  abroad  in  the  Hejfrf. 
Eph.  iii.  (6,  &c 

1  A>OME   deareft  Lord,  defcend'  and  dwell 
V_J   By  faith  and  love  in  evry  breaft  ; 
Thenihai!    we  know,  and  tafte,  and  feel 
The  joys  which  cannot  br  exprefi'd. 

2  Come  fill  our  hearts  with  inward  ftrength, 
Make  our  enlarged  loujs  p-.ffifs  , 

And  learn  the  highth,  and  breadth,  and  length 
Of  thine  unmeafurable  grace. 

3  Now  to  the  God  whole  pbw&r  can  do 
M(,re  than  our  thoughts  or  wifhes  know, 
Be  everlaftihg  honors  done 

By  all  the  church,  thro  Chrift  his  Son. 

CXXX  VI.  Sincerity  and  Hypccricy  \  or,  Formality  Ut 
Wcrjhip,  Jo    iv.  zj.    Pi",  exxxix.  23. 

J  f**  ODis.a  Spirit,  juft  and  wife; 
VJT  He  fees  our  inmoft  mind  : 
In  vain  toheav'n  we  raife  our  cries, 
And  leave  our  tbuls  behind, 
a  Nothing  but  truth,  before  his  throne^ 
With  honor  can  appear  ; 
The  painted  hypocrites  are  known,      • 
Through  the  difguife  they  wear. 

3  Their  lifted  eyes  fsiute  the  fkies. 

Their  bending  knees  the  ground -5 
But  God  abhors  the  facvifice 
Where  not  the  heart  is  found. 

4  Lord,  fearch  my  thoughts,  and  try  my  Ways, 

And  make  my  foul  fincere  ; 
Then  ma  1  I    f>and  beio  e  thy  face, 
And  find  acceptance  there. 

CXXXVII.  Solvation  by  Greet,  x  Tim.  i  5  10 

I  IVTO'V  to  the  pow'r  of  God  fupreme 

JL^     Be  everlafting  honors  givn  , 

He  fares  from  hell — (we  bleM  his  name) 

He  calls  our  wand'rir.g  feet  fo  heav'n. 
*  Not  for  our  duties  or  defers, 

But  of  his  o  "n  abounding  grace. 

He  works  falvation  In  our  hearts, 

And  forms  a  people  for  his  praife- 
3  'Twas  his  mere  pleafure  which  begun 

To  rgfeue  rebels  doom'd  to  die  : 


B.I.  $PIZI?UAL    SONGS.  €* 

He  gavs .us  grace  in  Chrifth?s  Son, 
:-  Before  fif  fpread  the  ftarry  fky. 
^  Jefus,  the  Lord,  appears  atJ?ft, 

And  makes  his  Father's  counieis  known  5 

Declares  the  great  tranfa&icris  paft, 

And  brings  immor'ai.  blefiing-s  aown. 
c  He  dies— and,' in  that  dreadful  night, 

Did  all  the  pow'rs  of  hell  deftroy  : 

Riling,  he  h.  ought  our  heav'n  to  light, 

And  took  pofiefiion  of  the  joy, 

C'XX  XVIII.    Saints  in  the  Hands  of  Chrift.  John  x, 
28,    *9. 

1  TTIRM  as  the  earth  thygotpe'l  ftands> 
J£*     My  Lord,  mv  hope,  my  trull  j 

If  I  am' found  in  Jefus' hands 
My  foul  mall  ne'er  be  loft. 

2  His  honoris  engag'd  -to  fave 

The  mearieftof&is  iheep ; 
Ail  which  his  heav'nly  Father  gave 
His  hands  fecurely  keep. 

3  Nor  death  nor  hell  mall  e'er  remove 

Hisfav'rites  from  his  breaft  j 
In  the  dear  bofom  of  his  love 

Ihey.'muft  for  ever  reft.  % 

I  GXXX1X.  Hope  in  the  Covenant,  Heb.  vi.  17,  ^ 

3  TJ  O  W  oft  have  fin  and  fa  tan  ft  rove  % 

£jL   To  rend  my  foul  from  thee,  my  God  ■ 

buceverlafting  is  thy  love, 
'  And  Jefus  feais  it  with  his  blood." 
%  The  oath  ana  promife  of  the  Lord 

Join  to  confirm  the  wondrous  grace; 

Eternal  pow'r  performs  the  word, 

And  fills  all  heav'n  with  endiefs praifea 
3   Amidft  temptations,  Iharp  and  long,. 

My  ioul  to  this  dear  refuge  flies 5 

Hope  is  my  anchor,  firm  and  ftrong, 

While  tempefts  blow,  and  billows  life. 
4.  The  gofpel  bears  my  fpirit'up- 

A  faithrul  and  unchanging  God 

Lays  the  foundation  of  my  hope, 

Tn  oaths,  and  promifes,  and  blood, 

CXL.  A  living  and  a  dead  Faith,  cdletted from  f ever  at 
■    !■■  Scriptures.  / 

I  Tk  ynSTAKEN  fouls!  who  dream  of  he*v'?i 
jyj.   And  make  their  empty  boaft 
Of  inward  joys,  and  fins  forgiv'n 
¥t  hile  they  areflaves  to  luft. 


IM  H  T  M  N$     A  N  B 

%  vaifl  are  our  fancies,  airy  flights, 
If  faith  b?  cold  and  d.'  id  \ 
None  btalt  a  uving  po-v'r  units  s 
To  Chrift.  tha  living  he  d. 
^  'Tis  faith  that  changes  aittiie  heaj*, 
'Tis  faith  v.iic'i  works  b,  ijvcj 
Th*t  bids  ail  finfuljoys  depart, 
And  hhs  the  thoughts  above. 
^  '  Tis  faith  which  conqaeriearti  aa»i  hsfly 
By  a-e<fe  eft'aipow'rj 
This  is  th-grace  which  fiiallprevail 
In  thi  decilitre,  hour. 

5  Faith  miift  obey  her  Father's  will, 

As  well  as  fruit  hib  grace  j 
A  panfning  God  is  jealous  ftill    . 
For  his  ownhoiinefs. 

6  When  from  the  curfe  he  fets  usf  r&, 

He  makes   our  natures  ciean  ; 
Nor  would  he  fend  his  Son  to  be 
The  minifter  of  fin. 

7  His  fpirit  purifies  our  frame, 

And  feals  our  peace  with  God  j 
Jefus,  and  his  faivation,  came 
By  water  and  by  blood.} 


CXLl—Tbe  Humiliation  and  Exaltation  o/*Chriit,J  I 
Jiii.   i— j,   to— 12. 

1  \l[YsiO  h?.s  beiiev'd  thy  vtnr.l, 

V V      t>r  t^Y  faivation  known  ? 
Reveal  thine  aim,   almighty  Lord, 
And  glorify  thy  Son  \ 

2  The  Jews  efteenvd  him  here 

Too  mean  for  their  belief  : 
.Sorrows,  his  chief  acquaintance  were,. 
And  his  companion  grief. 

3  They  tum'd  their  eyes  aw,.y, 

And  treated  him  with  fcoraj 

.  But  'twas  their  griefs  ip  >n  him  lay 

Their  forrows  he  has  borne. 

4  'Twas  for  the  ftubborn  Jews, 

And  Gentiles,  then  unknown, 
The  Godofjuftice  plea-j'd  to   bru'fc 
His  beft- beloved   Son. 
k  *'  But  I'll  prolong  his  days» 

**  And  make  his  kingdom  Hand  ; 
,■"  Mypleafure,  (faith  the  God  of  gracs) 
**  Shallprofper  in  his  hand. 
$  "  His  joyful  foul  fnalj  fee 

■   Tkeji archils  cf  his  pain  j 


B.I 


|,I,  SPIRITUAL    SONGS.  €3 

*<  And  by  his  knowledge  jufFify 
I       "   The  guilty  fons  of  men.] 
f/f  Ten  thoufand  captive  flaves 

(i  Released  from  death  and  fin,# 
<<  Shall  quit  their  prifon^  and  their  graves, 
«  And  own  his  pow'r  divine-] 
fs  "  Heav'n  mall  advance  my  Son 
tc  To  joys  which  earth  deny'd; 
"  He  faw  the  follies  men  had  done* 
"  Andbore  theirfins,  and  dy'd."J 

*  CXLII.  The  fame,  Ifa.  liii.  6-9)  13. 

i  T    IKE  meep  we  went  *utray, 
JL_i   And  broke  the  fold  of  God  ; 
Each  wand'ring  in  a  difFrent  way,  " 
But  z\\-*-the  dcivKivard  road. 
&  How  dreadful  was  the  hour, 
«■     When  God  our  wand'rings]aid-«» 
And  did  atohcehis  vengeance  pour 
Upon  the  Shepherd's  head   ! 
3  Howglor'ous  was  the  grace, 
V    When-Chrift  fuftain'd  the  ftroke  I 
His'life  and  blood  the  Shepherd  pays 
A  ranfom  for  the  flock.  ■.■    • 

K  His  honor  and  his  bre:.th 
'-:    Were  taken  both   away  ; 
Join'd  with  the  wicked,  in  his  death, 
And  made  as  vile  as  they. 

5  But  God  ihall  raife  his  head 
*    O'er  all  the  fons  of  men, 

And  make  him  fee  a  nurn'rous  feed  '' 
To  recompence  his  pain. 

6  "  I'll  give  him  (faith  the  Lord) 

"   A  portion  with  the  ftrong  j 

'*  Ht  (hall  pofTefs  a  large  reward,    ? 

**  And  hold  his  honors  long." 

'  CXLIII,   Chara&ers  of  the  Children  ofGorl 

3      A  S  new  borrt  babes  defire  the  breaft, 

it\  To  feed,  and^row,  and  thrive  j 

So  faints,  with  joy  the  gofpel  tafte,' 
And  by   the  gofpel  live. 
j[s  With  inward  gufr.  their  heart  approves 

*  All  which  the  word  relates  ;  ■/■ 
They  love  the  men  their  Father  love?, 

And  hate  the  works  he  hates.]  '  , 

[3.  Not  all  the  flattYmg  baits  on  parth     f  •  "" 

Can  make  them  flaves  to  luft.  j 
They  can't  forget  their  heav'nly  birth^ 
Nor  groveiir,  the  duft. 

Nn 


**  .  Kir  M  N  S     AND    :  fe/fi 

4  Not  all  the  chains  which  tyrants  ufe, 
Can  bind  their  fouls  to  rice  ; 
Faith,  like  a  conq'ror,  can  produce 
A  thoufand  victories/)  v 

[5  Grace,  like  ah  uncorrupted_ feed. 
Abides,  and  reigns  within  } 
Immortal  principles  fortria 
The  Ions  of  God  to  fin.]' 
£_6  Not  by  the  terrors  of  a  Have 
Do  they  perform  his  will  j 
But  with  the  nobleft  pow'rs  they  have> 
His  fweet  commands   fulfil.] 
7  They  find  accefs  at  ev'ry  hour  , 
To  God  within  the  vail  j 
Heft^e  they  derive  a  quick'ning  jxwr'r,* 
And  joys  which  never  fail.         ', 
3  O  happy  fouls !  O  glor'ous  ftate 
Qf  over-flowing  gra^e  ! 
To  dwell  fo  near  their  Father's  feat? 
y^And  fee  h  i  s  lovel y  i ac  e  !    j  Jf* 

P  Lordi  I  adrefs  thyheav'nly  throne--* 
Gjkll  me  a  child  o£thiney 
Send  d4wn  the  Spirit  of  thy  Sdav 
To  form  my  heart  divine," 
jo  There  med  thv  choiceft  loves  abroad, 
r+;>d  make  my  comforts  ftrong: 
Then  mail  1  fry— My  Father,    Cod, 
With  an  unwav'ring  tongue. 

CXLIV -7&  witnejfmg and  Jealing  Spirit >  Rom.   Jty. 
„.  •■        A.  v    I4>  ad-.  £Ph»  'l    l  >>  l  4* 

'  "\X/"Y  Aeuld  tne  child  .en  of  a  king  ? 
VV'    Go- mourning  all  their  days 
Great  Comforter  defcend  and  bring. 
.  Some  tokens  of  thy  grace  J 
3.  Doft  thou  not  dwell  in  *ll  the  faints,' 
And  feal  the  he'.rs  of  heaVn  ? 
When  wilt  thou  banifh  my  complaint;?, 
And  mew  my  fins  forgiv'n. 
%  AfiVemy  conference   cf  her  part 
In  the  Redeemer's  bfood   ; 
AnA  bea<-  thyv/itnefs  v>Uh  my  hear? 
That  1  am  born  of  C*W. 
$  Thon  art  the  earned  of  his  Itrve,     , 
The  pledge  of  joys  to  come  : 
An  1  thy  foft  wings,  cceieiVal  Dove  ! 
Will  fafe convey  me  home. 

<JXLV  Chrijiami  Aaron,  taken  from  Hfe.  v!E  £► 

2,    TES0S,  inthae,  onr  eyes  behold 
J   A  thoufcsu  glories  mere 


|f.)|  SPIRITUAL    SOjcNGS.  65 

'     -Than  the'rufK'  gems ;  and  pofilh'd  gold 

The  fons  of  Asron  wo/re. 
a   Tbcy  firft  their  own  burnt  off'rings  brought, 

Te  rurge  themfeWes  from  fin  } 
Thy  life  was  pure,  without  afpof, 

And  all  thy  rature  clean. 

*  Frefh  Wood,  as  conftant^as  the  day, 

Was  on  their  alter  fpil't ; 
•     Bus  tbi 'one  off 'ring  takes  away 

For  ever,  all  epr  guilt. 
41.  Their  priefthood  r^tighi**1  fev'rai  fcands, 

For  mortal  was  theiir  race  ; 

•  Thv  never  changing  ojpee ft<tndji 
Eternal  as  thy  dafi. 


r  Once,  in  thecircuft  of  a  ft£t» 
I        With  Wood,  but  not  hlspwn, 
I    Aaron  within  the  Vail  appeared, 

Before  the  golden  throne. 
•6  Bui  Chrlft,  by  bis  pwn powerful  bin** 

Afcends  above  the  Jim  ;■ 
-    And  ,  in  the  preface  of  our  God% 

Shx-ws  his  ownfacrifice. 
5  "Jefus,  the  King  of  glory  reigni 
f       On  Sion's  heav'nly  hill  j 
•  :    Looks  likeaLajfeb^that; has  been  flam, 

And  wears  his  priefthood  &\&.  ^ 

3  He  ever  lives; to  intercede  .   ^ 

4  Before  his  FathsrV£acen* 

-4  Give  him,  my-fouL,  tby  cavifeto  plead, 
N  or  doubt  thy  father's  grace, 

"CX LVT .— Cba retort  ^4ShrifL  i~y  V» 

%  f%  O,  Yfor&ip  at  Emanuel's  feet,  J* 

',    KJT  See.  in  his  face,  what  wonders  meet  \ 
.'.  Eorth  is  t66  narrow  toexprefa. 
Hi*  worth,  hiVglory,  or  hisjrraee, 

£  The  whole  creation  can  afford-  ?.. 

•■   Bntfome  faint  lbadows  of  my  Lord  ; 

'  Nature  to,  make  his  beauties  known-, 
Muft  mingle  colours  riot  her  own. 
Is  He  compared  H.&Rne  or  Bread  ? 
Jpear  Lord,  our  fouls  would  thus  be. fed  i 
That  flefh,  that  dying  blood  of    thine 
Is  bread  of  life — Is  heav'nly  wine, 

£  Is  He  a  Tree  ?  The  world  recei  ves  S 

Salvation,  from  his  healing  leaves  : 
-That  right'ous  branch,  that  fruitful  bougA 
Is  David's  root,  and  offspring  too.  £ 

*  Is  He  a  Rofe  ?  T£ot  Sharon  yields 
■fdWi  fragrancylh-  all  her  fold*  ^ 


a5  HTMNS     AND  f.  M 

0\\  if  the  Lilly  he  affume, 

The  vailies  b.efe  the  rick  perfume. 

6  Is  Hi  a  Vine  f  His  heav'ny  root 

Supplies  the  boughs  with  life  and  fruit  ? 

O,  let  a  lifting  union  join 

My  foul  to  Chiift,  the  living  Vine  ! 

7  Is  He  the  Heed  ?  Each  member  lives,  . 
And  owns  the  vitai  pow'rs  he  gives  -Y 
The  faints  below,  and  faints  above, 
JoiiiM  by  his  Spirit-and    his  love. 

"   h  He  a  Fountain  ?  There  I'll  bathe, 
And  heai  the  plague  of  lln  and  death  : 
Theie  waters  all  my  foul  renew, 
And  clea.'.fe  nay  fpoited  gaiments  tocA 
\i    Is  be  &  Fire  ?    He'll  purge  my  drofs ; 
But  the  true  gold  fuftains  no  lofs  \ 
Like  a  refiner. mall  he  fit— 
Ana  tread  the  refufe  with  his  feet.] 
to  h  He  a  Reck  ?  How  firm  he  proves  ! 
The  Rock:  of  Ages  never  moves  ; 
Yet  che  fweet  irreams  which  from  him  Mow, 
Attend  us  all  tbe  defart tja.ro'. ] 
[ii   Is  He  a  Way  ?  He  ie«as  to  God — 
The  padi  is  drawn  in  lines  of  blood   ; 
There  would  1  walk,  with  hops  and  zeal, 
'Till  I  arrive  afSion's  hili.j 
lit  Is  He  a  Door  ?   I'll  enter  in  ; 
Behold  the  parcures  large  and  green  ! 
A  paradile—  divinely  fair  ; 
N  ;:ie  but  the.  ■ha?  have  freedom  there.} 
f   3  Is  He  dejigtfd  a  Corner  Stone, 
~:\r  men  to  i:iild  their  beav'n  upon  f 
j'il  make  him  my  foundation  too  \ 
Nor  fear  the  plots  of  hell  below,  j 
[14  Is  He  a  Teir.ple  f  1  a  -lore 
Th'  inav.eliing  majeftv  and  pow'r  j 
And  ftill,  to  his  mod  hoiy  place 
Whene'er  I  pray,  I'lltummy  face.] 
£15  Is  He  a  Star  f  He  breaks  the  night ; 
Piercing  the  lhades  with  dawning  light  : 
1  know  his  glories  from  afar, 
1  know  the  bright,  the  Morning  Star.] 
['•6  Is  He  a  Sun  ?  His  beams  are  grace— 
His  co  :.fe  is  jcyjnd  right'oufnels  : 
Na  inn  .  rejoice*  when  he  appears_ 
.  \  o  chafe  cneir  clouds  and  dry  their  tears,'] 
17  O  let  rne climb  thole  higher  fkies, 
Where  ftorms  and  darknefs  never  rife  ! 
There  hedifptays  his  pow'rs  abroad, 
/.ad  foines,  ;ad  ie;^"-  the  incarnate  C«h 


*,  I.  S  P  IK  I TU  AL    SO  $TG  5.  tf 

iS  Nor  earth,  nor  leas,  nor  fun,  nor  ftars, 
Nor  heav'n  his  full  refemblance  bears  j 
His  beauties  we  can  never  trace, 
'Till  we  behold  him  face  to  face. 

CXLVII.      Ibe  names  and  titles  of  Chr5fc 

j[l    ,rT^IS   from  the  treafures  of  his  word,.    ; 
X      I  borrow  titles  for  my  Lord  j, 

Nor  art,  nor  nature  can  fupplv 
|    Sufficient  forms  of  majefty; 
a  Bright  image  of  tbe  Father's  face, 

Shining  with  undiminifh'd  rays'  j 

Th'  eternal  God's  eternal.Son-^- 
•    The  heir  and  partner  of  his  throne.} 
J  The  King  of  kings— the  Lord  mofl  high 

Writes  his  own  name  upon  his   thigh  : 

He  wears  a  agrment  dipp'd  in  blood, 
|    And  breaks  the  nations  with  his  rod. 
4  Where  grace  can  neither  melt,  normove, 

The  Lamb  refents  his  injured  love  j 

Awakes  hi?  wrath  without  delay, 
-:  And  Judah's  Lion  tears  the  prey. 
3  But  when  for  works  of  pesce,  he  comas, 
/    What  winning  tities  he  afiumes  ! 
,  Light  of  the  world,  and  life  of  men  j 

-  Nor  bears  thofe  characters  in  vain. 

6  With  tender  pity  in  his  heart,. 
He  acts  the  Mediator's  part  : 
A  friend  and  brot'nerhe  appears, 

A  nd  well  fulfils  the  names  he  wears. 

7  At  length,  the  Judge  his  throne  afcends, 
Divides  the  rebels  from  his  friends  , 
And  faints,  in  full  fruition,  prove 

:  His  rich  variety  of  love. 

— CXLVIII.     The  fame ~ 

I  !JT  7ITH  chearfuj  voice  J  fing 

VV       The  title:  of  my  Lord  j 
,  And  boirow  ail  the  names 

-  Of  honor,  from  his  word  j 

Nature  and   art 

Can  ne'er  fupply 

Sunicient  forma 

Of  Majefly. 
t  Jnjefds  we  behold 

His  Father's  glor'ous  face, 
Shinicg  forever  bright 
V/ithraild  ajri  lovciyrays  ; 


$g  HYMNS     AN$  *.  I. 

Th*  eternal' God's 
Eternal 'Son  *    T 

Inherits  and 
Partakes  the  throne. 
*  The  fov'reignKing  of  kings, 
The  Lord  of-fords  mo^high. 
Writes  his  own  name  upon 
*      Hi?  garment,  and  J\H  thigh  :«=> 
Hij  name  is  eall'd 
The  word  of  God}'  '     ■-.      - 
He  rules  the  earth 
With  iron  rod. 
4  Where  promises  and  grace 
Can  neither  na:ltncr  move* 
The  angry  l,amb  refents.- 
Theini'ries  of  his  love-| 
Awake*  his  wrath, 
Without  delay. 
As  lions  roar 
And  tear  the  prey. 
^  But  when  forwbrks  of  peace 
•   The  great  Redeemer  comes, 
,     What  gentle  character f,    .-, 
What  titles  he-  atfbmes  ! 
Light  of  the  noor1d% 
And  life  of  men  } 
•  I&or  v/iii  he  bear 
""Thofe  names  in  vain. 
6  Tmmenfe  companion  reigns 
In  our  Emanuel's  heart, 
When  he  defcends  to  a6£  . 
A  Mediator's  part.       : 
Helta  friend    ^        i 
And  brother  too  5 
Divinely  kind, 
Divinely  true. 
y  At  length  the  Lord,  the  Juig«, 
Tii-s  awful  throne  a/ce^d**;    ^ 
And  drives  the  tebels  far 
From  favorites  and  friends. 
Then  (hall  the  faints 
Completelyprove 
The  heights  and  depths 
Of  all  his  love* 

CXLJX.     OJjiies  of  Chfifr,  from  thefcrtfturts. 

5    |(>JN  all  the  names  of  love  and  pow'r, 
J    Which  ever  mzn  or  mgels  b*re  5 
Afll  are  too  meap  to  fpeak  his  worth. 
Or  fet  BmanusK*  glory  forth.   « 


B^r  ii  S  P  i  R  l^TVSt    SONG&.  by 

%  But  O,  what  condefcending  ways 

He  takes,  to  teach  his  heav'nlygrace,. 

My  eyes,  with  joy  and  wonder,  tee 

What  forms  of  iove-he  bears  for  me* 
S  The  angel  of  the  coy'nant  ftands  j 

"With  his  commiffion  in  his  hands  j 

Sent  from  his  Father's  milder  throne    - 

To  make  his  great  falvation  known. 

4  Gre.  t  Prophet,  letme  blcfs  thy  name 
By  thee,  the  joyful  tidings  came, 

0£  wrath  appeas'di  of  fin  forgiv'tt,    -  J. 
Of' hell  fubdu'd,  and  peace  with  heav  *• 

5  My-bright example,  and  my  guidey 
I.  would  be  walking  near  thy  fide  | 
O  let  me  never  run  aftray,    ^.;,:_ 
Nor  follow  the  forbidden  way  T 

6  1  love  my  Shepherd— he  feall  keep  / 
My  wand'iing  foul  among  his  fheepj 

He  feeds  his  fiock,  he  calls  their  names? 
And,  in  his  bofom  bears  the  lambs*     ■   < 
■j  My  Surety  undertakes  my  came, 
Anfw'  ing  his  Father**  broken  laws  \ 
Behold,  my  foul,  at  freedom  fet  ! 
My  Surety  paid  the  dreadful  debt. 
g  Jefus,  my  great  High-Prieft,  has  dy'd— 
I  feek  no  facrifice  btfide  j 
Bis  blood  did  once  for  ali  ztc/nt,    ■%?: 
And  now  it  pleads  before  die  throne. 
a  My  Advocate  appears  or.  high— 

The  Father  lays  his  thunder  by  i     '  "  Z< 
Not  all  that  earth  or  hell  can  fey. 
Shall  turn  my  Father's  heart  away,  ^ 
joMv  Lord,  my  Conqu'ror  andmy  King* 
Thy  fceptre,  and  thy  fword  I  fing  5 
Thine  is  the  vift'ry  and  I  fit 
Ajoyfuliubjettatthy  feet. 
jj  Aip'ne.  my  foul:,  to glor'ou*  deeds— 

The  Captain  of  Salvation  leads  j         -'     -        ^      t 
March  on — norfes.r  to  win  ihevday,  T  =*.-» 

Tho'  dteath  and  hell  obftrufl:  the  way/ 
li'  Should  death  and  hell,  and  pow'rs  vokoowfy- 
Put  all  their  forms  of  mifchief  on  j 
1  mall  be  fafe— for  Chrift  difplays 
Salvationin  mere  fov'rei-n.ways^ 

— C  L.— The  fame.— * ' 

I    XOm  all  the  glor'ous  names 
<JL  OC-wifdomylovej raftd-pow'r 
Which  ever  mortals  knew, 
W^kh'aiigels  ev&rb©?*  1  ' 


7#  hyMnsan  n 

All  are  too  mean 
.v.    To  fpeak  his  worth. 
Too  mean  to  fet 
My  Saviour  forth. 
*  Jut>  °>  what  gentle  terms, 
What  condescending  wavs 
Doth  our  Redeemer  ufej 
To  teach  his  heav'nly  grace  I 

Mine  eyes,  with  joy 
;    And  wonder,  fee 
What  forms  cf  love 
He  bears  forme. 
£  Anay'd  in  mortal  fielh, 
He  like  an  angel  Stands 
And  holds  theprorriifes 
And  pardons,  in  his  hands  % 
CommiffionM  from 
-His  Father's  throne, 
5*0  make  his  grace  ",!». 

To  mortals  known. 
|  Great  Prophet  of  my  God, 

My  tongue  would  blefs  thy  name  5 
By  Thee  the  joyfbl  news 
Of  ourfalvation  came  j 
The  joyful  news 
Gf  finsforgiv'n 
•    Of  hellfubdu'd: 
And  peace  with  heav'n  ! 
5  Bethoumy  Counfellor, 
My  pattern,  and  my  guide 
And  thro'  this  defart  lancL 
Still  keep  me  nea'r  thy  fide/ 
O  let  my  feet 
Ne'er  run  aftr  ay, 
Nor  roTe,  nor  leek 
The  crooked  way  I 
6  IlovemyShepheid'sYoice;     , 
His  watchful  eye  lh ail  keep     ' 
My  wand'ring  foulamong 
The  thoufandsof  his  fheep  : 
He  feeds  his  flock, 
He  calls  their  names, 
His  bofom  bears 
The  tender  lambs. 
i  To  this  dear  furety's  har-J 
Will- 1  commit  my  caufe  5 
He  anfwers  and  filfils 
His  Father's  broken law6«,.; 
Behold  my  foul 
Atl^reedom'fet 
My  Surety  paid 
TV:$  (tread, fwldcfc*. 


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it.  SPtRlTUjiZ.    SONG  Si  $ 

8  Jefus,  my  great  High-Prfeft, 
OfferM  his  blood,  and  dy'd~* 
My  guilty  conscience  feeks 
Nofacrince  befide. 
His  pow'rful  blood, 
Did  once  atone 
And  no\y.  it  pleads 
Before  the  throne, 
advocate  appears 
my  defence  on  high  ,x 
The  Father  bows  his  ears, 
And  laysh'.s  .thunder  by. 
Not  alt  which  hell 
Crimean  fay      .-*-* 
p      Shall  turn  his  heart,   ; 

Hia  love  awayf  ^    . , 

IO  My  dear  almighty  Lordy      " 
|»ly  Conqu'ror,  and  my  King*, 
Thyfceptre  andthyfword, 
Thy  reignjng  grace  I  fing 
Thine  is  the  pow'r— = 
Behold! fit  ... 
t     In  will)  ng  bonds,  *  ? 

Beneath  thy  feet. 
11, Now  let  my  foul  arife, 
And  tread  the  tempter  down  3 
My  Captain  leads  me  forth 
To  conqueft  and  a  crown, 
A  feeble  faint 
Shall  win  the  day.     , 
Tho'  death  and  hell" 
Obftru&theway.     " 
i  Should  all. the  hofts  of  death, 
And  pow'j-s  of  hell  unknown, 
Put  their  moft  dreadful  forms 
Of  rage  and  mlfchief  on  ; 
I  fhall  be  fafe—  ' 

ForChrift  difpjaya 
Superior  pow'r 
And  guard'an-gtace, 


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I.  AfcngofFratfetoGodfrlrhi  America. 

I  "VTATURErwith  all  her  pow'rs,  mail  hrrfr 
jLNj    God  the.  Creator  and  the  King  ; 
Nor  air,  nor  earth,  nor  fktes,  nor  feas, 
Deny  the  tribute  of  their  praife. 

tt  Begin  to  make  his  glories  known, 

Ye  Seraphs,  who  fit  near  his  throne,  ;      ,-       v 
Tune  your  harps  High,  and  fpread  the  fo&nd  *.' 
/fo  the  creation's  utmoft  bound. 

3J  All  mortal  things,  of  meaner  frame, 
Exert  your  force,  and  own  his  name;;     , 
Whillt,  with  ourfoute,  and  with  our  voic 
We  Ting  his  honors,  and  ourjoys. 

4  To  Him,  be  facredallwe  have, 
From  the  yonng  cradle  to.  the  grave  j 
Our  lips  ihail  his  loud  wonders  '  tci!, 
And  ev'ry  v/o;d — a  miracle*' 

5  This  weftern'world,'  our  native  land., 
Lies  fafe  in  the  almighty's  hand  : 
Our  foes  of  vicVry  dream  in  vain, 
And/hake  the  captivating  chain. 

6  He  builds  for  Liberty  a  throne, 
And  makei  it  gracious,  like  his  blifh  - 
Makes  our  fucceiTive  rulers  kind, 
And  gives  our  d.ngers  to  the  wind. 

J  Raife  monumental  praifes  high 

To  him  v/ho  thunders  thro*  the  fky^ 

And,  with  an  awful  nod  or  frown, 

Shakes  an  aipirtng  tyrant  d^own" 
8  Pilars  of  lairing  bra  is  proclaim. 

The  triumphs  of  .h'  eternal  name  5 

W-in'e  trembling  nayjons  read    fr6mf«U" 

The  honors  of  the  God  of  war. 
9  Thus  let  our  fl&Hng  zeal  employ 

OurbtV'cft  thoughts  and  Joudeib  longs  5 

Zicii  pronounce,  with  warnicft  joy? 

Hofa-nnas  from  ten  thoufand  toagu.s. 
><j"Yet,  mighty  Go.},  our  feeble  frame 

Attempts  in  va:r*.:o  :each  thy  name^ 


3.  ji.  SPIRITUAL    S&NGS.  || 

'  The  firongeft  notes  which  angete  raife, 
Faint  in  the  worfhip  and  the  praife. 

II,-     ■  ^The  Death  of  a  Sinner.'       y\* 

£    "%  fS  Y  thoughts  on  awful  fubjects  roll, 
J.VX   Damnation  and  the  dead  y-      ■    % 
What  horrors  feize  the  guilty  foul 
Upon  a  dying  bed  i,    I- 

5  iL;r.:/'-mg  abo-t  thefe  mortal  fhores, 

She  makes  a  long  delay  ; 
'Till  like  a  flood  with  rapid  force, 
peata  fweefs  the  wretch  away  ! 
.5  Then,  fwiftand  dreadful,  -ihe  deicend§ 
Down  to  rbe  neny  coait  j  ;~  •     •■ 
Among  abominable  nends,- 
Htrlelf  3  frigkrfol  gb0>  - 
4  There  endlefs  crouds  of  fmners  lie, 
"And  darknefs  makes  their  chains  ; 

1  Tortur'd-  with'  keen  deip'air,  they  cry^ 

•Yet  waif  for  fiercer  pains'. 
;  Not  all  their  anguifh,  and  tlveir  blood ? 
For  their  old  guilt  atones-; 
Nor  tbe  companion  of  a"God- 
Shall  hearken  to  their  groans. 

6  Amazing   grace,  which  kept  my  breath, 

Nor  bid   my  foul  remove, 
'Tiii  i  had  learn 'H-my  Savior's   death, 
"  And  well  infur'-d  his  love  ! 

III.  Ybs  death  and  Lmal  of  a  fakt. 

7  TI  7"HY  do  we  mourn  departing  friends] 

V  V     Or  make  at  death's  alarms  ?  . 

'Tis  but  the  voieewhich  JeiW  fends 

To  call  them  to  his  arms.    '■■-•' 

2  Are  we'net  tending' upward  too 

As  faft  as  time  can  move  ? 
Nor  would  we  with  the  hotfrs  more  f!ov> 
To   keep  us  from  our  love.     • 

3  Why  fhduld  we  trernb  Je  to  convey 

Their  bodies  to  the  tomb  ? 
There  the  dear  fiefh  of  Jeius  lay, 
Aad  Jefr,  a  long' perfume . 

4  The  graves  of  all  his  iaints  he  blefs'd 

And  ioft'ned  ev'ry  bed  1 
Where  lhouid  the  dying  members  reir. 
But  with  the  dying  Head  ? 
£  Thence  he  arofe,   afcending  high, 
And  fhew  d  our  feet  the   way': 
Up  ko  the  Lord  our  fouls  mail  fly, 
At  the  great  rifing  day,  '■■< 


7*  HYMNS     AND  P,  If; 

|S  Then  let  the  laft  Toud  trumpet  found. ; > 
L     And  bid  our  kindred  rife  ; 
^Awalte^e nations,  underground 
Ye  fainti,-af<ce  nd  the  *kie«. 

IV.  Salvation  in  the  Croft* 

1  TTERE,  at  thy  crofs,  my  dying  God* 
J   i   I  Jay  my  foul  beneath  thy  love  j 
Beneath  the  droppings  of  thy  blood, 
Jefus,  nor  fhall  it  e'er  remove;" 

2  N  :»t   all  which  tyrants  think  or  fay, 

\  With  rage  and  lightning.  in ,t heir  eye s<«-> 
*  Nor  hell  fhould  fright  my  ftful  aWay, 

Should  hell  with  all  its  legions  rife. 
S  Should  worlds  confpire  to  drive  me  hence, 

Movelefs  and  firm,  this  h"?art  fhould  lie  j 

Rdblv'd  (for  that*s  my  1  aft  defence) 

If  I  muil  perifh — hereto  die.  ' 

4,  Rut  fpeak,  my  Lord,  and  calm  my  fear> 

Am  lnotfafe  ben3ath  thy  made? 

Thy  vengeance  will  not  ftrike  me  here, 

Nor  fatan  dare  my  foul   invade. 
5  Yes— I'm  fece*.e  beneath  thy  blood, 

And  all  my  foes  /hall  loofer.heir  aim  I 

HofanOato   my  dying  God! 

And  my  befl  honors  to  his  name. 

V.  Longing  to  praift  Chrift  ietttr. 

I  T    ORD,  when  my  tho'ts  with  wonder  Voll 
1  j  O'er  the  fharp  forrows  of  thy  foul, 

And  rend  my  Maker's  broken  laws, 

Repair'd  and  honor'd'bv  the^crofs  : 
a  When  I  behold  death,  hell,  and  fin, 

Vanquim'd  by  that  iear  blood  of  thine, 

And  fee  the  man,  whogroan'd  and  dy'd, 

£itgler'ous  by  his  Father's  fide— ' 
j  My  pafilons  rife  and  foar  above-— 

I'm  wing'd  with  faith,  and  flr'd  with  Ieve^ 
v  Fain  would  I  reach  eternal  things, 

And  learn  the  notes  which  Gabriel  fings. 
jj.  But  my  heart  fail?,  my  tongue  eomplains, 

For  wanteftheirimmortal  ftrcins  ; 

And.iafHch  humble  notes  afthefe, 

Falls  far  b-low   thy  viclorie*. 
5  Well,  the  kind  minuet  muftappear, 

When  we  fhail  leave  ihtfe  bodies  here  ; 

Thefe  clogs  of  clay—  nd  mount  on  high) 

Tojo'n  the  fcn^S  shave  the  fky 


VI.  A-Morning  Song, 


ONCE  more,  my  foul,  therifing  day 
Salutes  thy  waking  eyes  ; 
Once  more,  my  voice,  thy  tribute  pay 
To  Him  who  rolls  the  ikies. 
',  Night  unto  night  his  name  repeats 
.  The  day  renews  the  found, 
Wide  as  the  heav'n,oh  which  he  fits 
To  turn  the  feafons' round. 

*  'Tis  he  fupports  my  mortal  frame, 
'      My  tongue  fhall  fpeak  his  piraiie  ? 

My  fins  would  rouze  his  wrath  to  flame—* 
And  yet  bis  iyrath  delays.  ! 
■  On  a  poor  worm  thy  pow'r  might  tread, 
And  1  could  ne'er  withftand  ; 

*  Thy  juftice  might  have  c.rufh'd  me  dead* 

But  mercy  held  thine  hand. 
;  A  Jthoufand  wretched  fouls  are  fled 

Since  the  laft  fettingfun, 
•And  yet  thou  length' ne&  out   my  thread 

And  yet  my  moments  run.] 
i  Dear  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 
|      While  I  enjoy  the  light  : 
:Then  flxall  my  fun  in  ImileC  decline*. 

And  bring  a  pleafing  night* 

VII.     An  Evening  Sing. 

DREAD  Sov'reign,  let  my  ev'ning  fong 
Like  holy  incenie  rife  j 

*  Afiift  the  bff'ring  of  rny  toague 

To  reach  the  lofty  fkies 
Through  all  the  dangers  of  the  day 

Thy  hand  was  ftili  my  guard  j 
'And  ftill,  to  drive  my  wants  away. 

Thy  mercy  ftood  prepar'd. 
Perpet'al  blefiings  from  above 

Incompafs  me  around, 
But  O,  how  few  returns  of  love 

Hath  my  Creator  found  ! 
What  have  I  done  for  him  who  dy'd 

To  fave  my  wretched  foul  ? 
How  are  my  follies  multiply'd, 

Fail  as  my  minutes  roll  I 
Lord  with  this  guiity  beau  of  mine. 

To  thy  dear  crofs  I  flee  ; 
And  to  thy  grace  my  foul  lefign, 

To  be  renew'd  by  Thee, 
Sprinkled  afrefli  with  pard'ning  btoodj 

i'dj"ayme  down  to  zcit  j 


«£  HYMNS     A N&  B.  H 

As  in  th'  embraces  of  my  God, 
Or  on  rr.y  Saviour's  !«rsan:. 


VIII.      A   Hymn  for  Morrjng  or    Eitcmni 


'H 


-To  God;s  upholding  hand  '; 
Ten  thoufand.fnares  attend  us  round. 
And  yet  fee  u  re  we  ftatfd  i 
a  Th  :t,was  a  moft  amazing  pow'r, 
\       "Which  rais'ci  lis  with  a  word  ; 
And  ev'ry  day,  and  ev'ry  hour, 
We  lean  upon  the  Load. 
J  The  ev'ning  reds  our  Weary  h  ad, 
And  angels  guard  tiie  room  ; 
We  wake— and  weadmhe  the  bed 
Which  was  not  made  our  tomb. 

4  The  riling  morning  can't  allure 

That  we  (hall end  the  day  ! 
For  death  ltam's -p.ady  at  Lhe  door, 
To  fnarch  .-  urlftes  away. 

5  Our  breath  is  forfeited  by  fin 

To  God's  revenging  law  , 
We  own  thy  grace,  immortal   King? 
Inev'rv  gafp  we  dravv. 

6  God  is  our  fun.  whole  daily  light 

O-ur  joy  and  fafety  brings  ; 
Our -feeble  fle-fh  lies  fafe  at  night 
-  Beneath  his  lhady  wings. 

IX.     Godly  farrow  a/fuigfromCW&sfufferltZ'- 

I      A   LAS  !  and  did  my.  Saviour  Weed  ! 
JTX     And  did  my  Sovereign  die  > 
Would  he  devote  that  lac  ted  head 
For  fuch  a  worm  as  I  ? 
[2  Thy  bouy  flsin,  fwrct  Jefus,  thine— 
And  bath'd  in  its  own  blood — 
While,  allexpos'd  to  w*  at n  divine, 
1  he  gfor'ous  Sufferer  ftood  !  ] 

3  Was  ir  for  crimes  which- 1  had  done 

He  groanM  upon  the  tree  ?.  -*  ■ 
Aroazfng  pity  !  grace  unknown  ! 
'-    I  iove,  beyond  degree  ! 

4  Well  might  the  fan  in  darknefs  hide, 

-And  iiiuthis  glories  in, 
Wh.n  God,  the  mighty  r.ljk;r,  dy'd 
Format),  the  creature's  un. 
r  Tn'tis,  might  I  hide  mjj  hluihing  face 
Wiiii&ais  dear  uofs  appeal 


%M  SPIRITUAL    SONGS. 

Diffolve  mv  heart  in  thankfuinefs, 

.     And  melt  my  eyes-  in  tears. 
6  But  drops  of  grief  canne  er repay 

fejhe  cebt  of  love  1  owe  j 

Here  Lord,  I    give  myieit  away, 
"lis  ali  that  I  car.  go. 

X.     Parting  «  W  Carnal  Jo*i» 

I  ■*   yry  foul  forfakes  her  vain  delight, 
■    JyJ[     And  bids  the  world  rartweil  ', 
Safe  ?.s  the  dirt  beneath  my  feet, 
Anamifch'-evoc-s  as  heiJ. 
S  No  longer  will  I  aik  yotfr  kve,- 
Nor  leek  your  frienufrup  more, 
The  happinefs,  which  I  approve, 
-Lies  not  withiii  your  cow'r..  ? 

I  There's  nothing  round  this  fpacious  ear* 
J    ■  Wnich  fuitsroy  latt*5*8fire« 
To  bound Jeis  joy,  and  »o;jd  mirth, 
My  nobler  thoug-hcs  aiptre. 

f|  Where  pieafure  roils  its  living  flood., 
.From  fin  anddrofs  refin'dy.       -.        j- 
Stilifp ringing  from  the  throne  ot  Gctf, 
And  fit  to  c'hear  the  mind. 
5  TV  Almighty  ruler  of  the  fphere, 
-■*■  The  glor'ous  and  the  great, 
'Brings  his  ownall-fufncience  there, 
To  make  our  blifs  complete.] 
g  Had  \  the  pinions  of  a  dove, 
-  I'd  climb  the  heav'nly  road  : 
There  fits  my  Saviour,  dreft  in  love— 
And  there-  ny-Jmihng  Gcd.— 


-XL- Tb*  fame.- 


'X 


SEND  the  joys.of  earth  away— 
m   Away  ye  tempters  of  the  nnnd  j 
Falfe  as  the  fmooth  dee-itful  lea,        y 
,  And  empty  as  ihe  whirling  wind.     . 
t  Your  ftreams  were  floating  me  along 
Down  to  the  gulph  of  black  delpair  * 
And,  while  1  liftend  to  your  long,     - 
Your  ftreams  had  e'en  convey  'd  me  there. 
*  Lord,  1  adore  thy  matchiefs  grace, 
Which  warn'  d  me  of  that  dark  abyfs  y       ,  v 
Which  drew  me  from  thofe  treacherous  ip#0 
And  bid  me  feek  superior  bliss, 
.  Now  to  the  mining  realms  aboyfc,,., 
Iftretfb  my 'hands,  and  glance  mm?  eyes  s 


W  HTMNS     AND  V.  H 

O  for  the  pinions  of  a  dove, 
To  bear  me  to  the  upper  fkies  ! 
5  There  from  the  bofom  of  my  God, 
Oceans  of  endlefc  pleafures  Vol]  j 
There  would  1  fix  my  la'ft  abode, 
And  drown  theforrows  of   my  foul. 

&II.  Chrift  Is  the  Suhjlance  of  the  Letitical  Prieftbofa* 

I  r"f^HE  true  Median  now  appears  } 
1        The  types  are  all  withdrawn  : 
So  fiV  the  ihaddws  and  the  ftars 
.  Before-the  rifirg  dawn, 
ft  No  flaking  fweVtSj  no  bleeding  1  an: bs, 
Ho  kid  nor  bullock  fliinr 
Ineenfe  and  fpice,  of  coftiy  names, 
s    *  ¥/ouid  aft  bcburnt  }n  tain, 
£  Aaron  m'l 4  lay  his  robes  away,     . 

His  mitre  and  his  vfcft,  ), 

When  G->d  himfelf  comes  d«wn  to  be 
"    the  bff'ringand  th«  prieft. 
£  He  took  our  mortal  ftVjh,  to  mow 
The  wonders  of  his  |o,ve  j 
for  us  he  paid  his  life  below, 
?   And  prays  for  us  above.0 
5  Father ,  he  tries,  forgive  tbe'.rfinn 
For'  I  myjelf  have  dy*d  \ 
And  then  be  mows  his  open'd  veins* 
And  pleads  his  wounded  fide. 

£  :        '  P ...'''.      :     ■ 

XIII.  The  "Creation,  PrifervatUn,"  •b'tflbluticn,  dad 

ReJioratioH  of  thii  World; 

I  QING  to  the  Lord,  who.  built  the'  Aties*,    ' 

O  The  Lord,  who  reared  this  ftately  frame  \ 

Let  all  the  nations  found  his  praife, 

And  land«unknown  repeat  his  na  me. 
«  He  form'dthefeas,  and  frana'd  the  hills, 

Made  ev'ry  drop,  and  ev'ry  duft— 

Mature  and  time,  \*ith  all  their  wheejr. 

And  pufh'd  them  into  motion  flrft. 

3  Now,  from  his  high'  imper'al  throne. 
He  looks  fardo'Wri  upon  the  fpheres  j 
He  bids  the  fhining  orbs  roll  on, 
And  round  he  turns  thehafty  years. 

4  Thus  fhali  this  moving  engine  lafr.    . 
'TH1  all  his  faints  are  gather' d  in  ;      » 
Thentorthe  trumpet's  dreadful  b'.s'flf 

To  fhake  it  *fl  to  duft  agam  ! 


.II.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS. 

Yet,  when  the  found  fhail  tear  the  ikies 
And  light'nings  burn  thefglobe  below — 
Saints,  you  may  lift  your  joyful  eyes, 
There 's  a  newheav'n  and  ^arthfor  you* 

XIV.    Lord's-Day  ;  or,  Delight  in  Ordinances* 

WELCOME  fweet  Jay. of  reft, 
Which  few  the  Lord  arife  j 
Welcome,  to  this  reviving  breaft, 
And  thefe  rejoicing  eyes  !     . 
j  The  King  himfelf  comes  near, 
'    And  feafts  his  faints  t^-day  f 
Here  we  may  fit,  and  fee  him  here, 
And'love,  and  praife,  and  pray. 
j   One  day  amidft  the  place         .    [ 
Where  my  dear  God  has  been, 
Is  fweeterthan  ten  thoufand  days 
Of  pleafuraple  fin.: 
j  My  willing  foul  would  ftay 
In  fuch  a  frame  as  this  j     '■% 
And  fit*  and  fing  herfelf  away 
To  everlafting  blifs. 

-a  .  — XV.    The  enjoyment  of  Chris  t.— * 

I  17  AR  from  my  tho'ts,vafn  world  be  gone  5 

J/     Let  my  religious  hsurs  alone  : 

Fain  would  my  eyes  my  Saviour  fee— * 

I  wait  a  viiit,  Lord*  from  thee  ! 
*  My  heart  grows  warm  with  holy  fire* 

And  kindles,  with  intenfe  defire  : 

Come,  my  dear  Jerus,'from  above, 
5>  And  feed  my  foul  with  heav'nly  love, 
f  3  The  trees  of  life  immortal  ftand 

In  blooming  rows  at  thy  right  hand  j 

And,  in  fweet  murmurs  by  their  iide, 
:  Rivers  of  blifs  perpet'al  glide . 
A  Hafte  then— but  with  a  fmiling  face— . 

And  fpread  the  table  of  thy  grace  :         . 

Bring  down  a  tafte  of  truth  divine, 

And  chear  my  heart  with  facred  wine.  J 

5  Blefs'd  Jefus,  what  delicious  fare  ! 
How  fweet  thy  entertainments  are  I 
Never  did  angek  tafte  above 
Redeeming  grace  and  dying  love. 

6  Hail  great  Emanuel,  all  divine  i 

In  thee,  thy  Father's  glories  ihine^;     , 
Thou  brighjeft,  fweeteftj  faireft  One, 
Whom  eves  have  ktn,  or  angels  kriowft  I 
P  P 


26  HYMNS     AND 

XVI.    Part  thefecond. 

*  T    OR'D,  what  a  heav'n  of  faving  grace 
JLi  Shines  thro'  the  beauties  of  thy  facr, 
And  lights  our  paiTions  to  a  flame  ! 
Lord,  how  we  love  thy  charming  name. 

r  When  I  can  fay— My  God  is  nine, 
When  }  can  feel  thy  glories  mine 
I  tread  the  world  beneath  my  feet, 
And  all  the  earth  calls  good  or  great, 

5  While  fuch  a  fcene  of  facred  joys 
Our  raptur'd  eyes  and  fouls  employs, 
Here  we  could  fit,  and  gaze  away, 
A  long,  an  everlafting  day. 

4.  Well— we  fhall  quickly  paft  the  night 
To  the  fair  coaft-of  perfect  light  j 
Then  fhaJl  our  joyful  fenfes  rove 
O'er  the  dear  Object  of  our  love. 

£5  There  mall  we  dr/nk  full  draughts  of  blif*/ 
And  pluck  new  life  from  heav'nly  trees  I 
Yet  now  and  then,  dear  Lord,  beftow 
A  drop  of  heav'n  on  worms  below. 

6  Send  comforts  down  from  thy  right  harui 
While  we  pafs  through  this  barren  land  s 
And,  in  thy  temple,  let  us  fee 

A  gljrmpfe  of  love,  a  glympfe  of  Thee.} 

XVil.  —God's  Etermty. -=,  ' 

1  ^IS&  "^  m,yuQUi'  andL  leave  the  Sround, 
JEV     Stretcn  all  thy  thoughts  abroad  : 

And  roufe  up  ev'ry  tuneful  found, 

.  To  praife  th'  eternal  God» 

s  Long  e'er  the  lofty  ikies  were  fpread, 

Jehovah  fiiPd  his  throne  j 

E'er  Adam  form'd,  or  angels  made, 

The  Maker  liv'd  alon*," 

2  His  bbundlef^  years  can  nu'er  ciecreafe,, 

But  ftill  maintain  their   prime  j 
Etekmty's  his  C welling  place— 
And  ever  is  his  time. 

4  While,  like  a  tide,  our  minutes  flow. 

The  prefentand  the  paft  : 
He  fills  hiso-.vn  immortal  NOW, 
And  fees  our  ages  waite. 

5  The  fea  and  fky  muft  perifh  too. 

And  vaft  deltruc>!on  come  3 
The  creatures,  look,  how  old  they  grow 
And  wait  the  fiery  doom  ! 

*  Well— let  the  fea  fhrink  all  away. 

Ar.d  flame  melt  down  the  /ki->V 


B.  I| 


t 


B.  II.  S?1R1*TUAL    S-0  N&S*  ft 

"My  God  fhall  live  an  endlefs  day, 
When  tlf  cid  -creation  dies. 

XVI II.     The  Mtrtijiry  sf  Angels, 

S  TJIGH  on  a  bill  of  dazz'Iing  light 

Jrl    The  King  of  glory  fpreads  his/eat, 

And  troops  of  angels  ftretch'd  for  flight, 

Stand  waiting  at  his  awful  feet, 
a  "  Go,  faith  the  Lord,  myGabriel,  go— 

Salute  the  -virgin's  fruitful  womb  ; 

Make  hafte*  ye  cherubs,  down  below, 

Sing  and  proclaim — the  Saviour  Icarne." 

3  Here  a  bright  fquadron  leavos  the  ikies, 
And  thick  "around  Eiifha  ftands  j 
Anon  a  heavniy  fol dier 'flies,  »     - 

And  breaks  the  chains  from  Peter's  hands* 

4  Thy  winged  troops,  O  God  of  hofls, 
Wait  on  thy  wand'ring  church  below  5 
Here,  we  are  failing  to  thy  coafts, 

Let  angels  be  our  convoy  too. 
s  Are  they  not  all  thy  fervants,  Lord  ?. 
J.  At  thy  command  they  go  and  come  5 
'  With  chearful  hafte  obey  thy  word, 
And  guard  thy  children  to  their  home. 

XIX,     Our  frail  Bodies,  and  God  9ur  Preferver^ 

■S   T    ET  others  boaft  how  ftrong  they  be, 
-  }^j     Nor  death,  nor  danger  fear  | 
But  we'll  confefs,  O  Lord,  to  thee, _ 
What  feeble  things  we  are. 
^  Frefh  as  the  graft,  our  bodies  ftand-° 
And  flouriih  bright  and  gay  ; 
A  blafting  wind  fweeps  o'er  the  land, 
Aad  fades  the  grafs  away.       •  - 

3  Our  life  contains  a  thoufand  fprlngs, 
Apr1  dies  if  one  be  gone  : 
Strange!  that  a  harp,  of  thoufand  firings^ 
Should  keep  in  tune  fo  long. 
*  But  'tis  our  God  fupports  our  frame— 
'  -     The  God  who  built  us  firfi:  j  — 

Salvation  to  th'  Almighty  name 
That  rear'd  us  from  the  duft. 
a  Hefpake— and  ftrait  our  hearts  and  brains, 
"*  .     In  al!  their  motions  rofe  ; 

< '  Lei  bh?d,  faid  he,  Jloiv  round  the  jjeiBSy* 

And  round  the  veins  it  flows. 
^h'h  we  have  breath,  orufeour  tongue^ 
O-.rMiker  we'll  adore  j 


&  K T  M N  S     AND 

a.* 

\  His  Spirit  moves  our  heaving  lungs 

Or  they  wouid.breatheno  more. 

———XX.     Backjlidings  and  Returns.— --«•- 

WH?  is. my- heart  fofar  fvo?i  thee. 
My  God,  my  chief  delight  ?     * 
Why  are  my  thoughts  no  more  by  day 
With  the:,  no  more  by  night. 
£z  Why  fhould  myfoolifh  paflions  rcve  ^ 

Where  can  fuch]fweetnefs  o«, 
*  As  I  haveuftei  in  thy  love, 

As  I  have  found  in  thee?] 
«  When  my  forgetful  foul  renews 
The  favor  of  thy  grace, 
•^My  heart  prefumes  J.xannot  loof^ 
Therelilh  ail  my  days; 
4  But  e'er  one  fleeting  hour  is  pair,  ■ 
The  flatting  world  employs 
Soinefeufual  bait  to  feizi  my  tafte. 
And  to  pollute  my  joys. 
£5  Trifles  of  nature,  or  of"  art, 
With  fair  deceitful  charms, 
Intrude  into  my  thoughtlefs  heart, 
And  thruft  me  from  thy  arms. 
6  Then  I  repent,  and  vex  my  foul 
That  I  fhould  lofe  thee  fo  j 
"Where  will  thofe  wild  affections  roll 
Which  let  a  Saviour  go  ? 
[7  Sin's promised  joys  are  turn'd  to  pain, 
•  And  I  am  drown'd  in  grief  ; 
But  my  dear  Lord  returns  again, 
He  flies  to  my  reiief ! 
8  Seizing  my  foul  with  fweet  furprrze, 
He  draws  with  loving  bands  j 
Divine  compaflion's  in  his  eyes,         ** 
And  pa.dons  in  his  hands.] 
£9  Wretch  that  I  am,  to  wander  thus  '. 
In  chafe  of  falfe  delight  ! 
Let  me  be  fatten'' d  to  thy  crofs 
Rather  than  lofe  thy  light.] 
[10  Make  hafte,  my  days,  to  reach  the  goa|, 
/Vnd  b  ing  my  heart  to  reft 
On  the  dear  centre  of  n.y  foul, 
My  God,  my  Saviour's  breaft  '. 

XXI.     A  Jong  «f  fra'tje  to  God  the  Redeem-.*. 

I    T     ET  the  old  heathen  tune  their  fong 
t  a  Of  great  Diana,  and  of  Jove  ; 
But  the  f.veet  theme  which  moves  my  tongue, 
Is  my  Redeemer  and  his  love. 


fc.  JI.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS.,  ?$. 

»  .Heboid,  a  God'defcends  and  dies, 
Tc  favemy  foul  from  gaping  hell  ! 

How  the  black  gulph.,  where,  latan  lies. 
Yawn'd  to  receive  m:j  when  I  fe'lH 

3  Howjufrice  frtwii'd,  and  vengeance  flood 
-  To  drive  me  down  to  endlefj  pain  ! 

Butthe  great  Son  ptopos'ci  his  blood, 
Andheav'nly  wrath  grew  mild  again. 

4  Infinite  Lover,  gracious  Lord   ! 
To  thee  be  endleis  honors  giv'jn  : 

■  Thy  wond'rous  name  mail  be  ador'd, 
Round  the  wide  earth,  and  wider  heav  n9 


XXI  i.      With  God  is  terrible  Majejiy* 

1  npERRlBLE   God  who  reign{ft  onhigh, 

X      How  awful  is  thy  thund  ring  hand  l\ 
Thy  fiery  bolts,    how  fierce  they  fly   ! 
Nor  can  all  earth,  or  h-Jl  withstand. 

2  This  the  cid  rebel  .  ngels  knew; 
And  fatan  fell  benearh  thy  frown  : 
Thine  arrows   struck  che  traitor  through, 
And  weighty  vengeance  funk  him  down. 

3  This  Sodom  felt — and  feels  it  ft  ill— 
And  roars  beneath  th'  eternal  load  ; 

'  With   endlefs  burnings  who  can  dwell, 
Or  bear  the  fury  of  a  God  r 
4.  Tremble,  ye  finners,  and  fubmit  ; 
Throw d^wn  your  arms  before  his  throne  l 
Bend  your  heads  low  beneath  his  feet, 
Or  his  ftrong  hand  ihaii  crufh  you  down. 
^  And  ye,  bleff'u  taints,  who  love  him  too, 
With  rev'rence  bow  before  his  name  j 
!"Thus  all  his  heav'nly  fervants  do  : 

,  God  is  a  b.ightand  burning  fiame. 


X  XIII. '    The  fight  of  God  and  Cbrift  in  heaven 

DESCEND  from'heav'n  immortal  Dove, 
Stoop  down  and  take  us  on  thy  wings  j 
And  mountand  bear  us  far  above 
The  reach  of  thefe  infcr'or  things. 
2,  Beyond,  beyond  this  lower  /ky, 
Up.  where  eternal  ages  roil  j 
Where  folid  pleasures  nerer  die, 
And  fruits  im'raorfal  feaft  thefou'» 


3  O  for  a  fight,  a  pleafing   figh, 
Of  our  almighty  father's  throw's  i 


**  H  Y  M  N  S     A  N  D  B'  U* 

'  There  fits  oar  Saviour,  c.-o.vn'd    vvith  Jighr, 

Cloath'd  in  a  bo.ly  like  our   own. 
4.  Adoring  faints  arounihhn  Rand, 

And  thrones  and  pow'rs    before  him  fall  • 

The  Cod  rhines  gracious  through  the  man, 

A  ad  lhades  fvveet  glories  on  them  all  ! 
§  O  what  amazing  joys  they  feel 

While,  to  their  golden  h,>rps,  they  fing  5 

And  fit  on  ev'ry  heav'nly  hill, 

And  fpread  the  thiumphs  of  their  K:ng  ! 
6  When  {hail  the  day,  dear  Lord,  appear- 
That  I  fhall  mount,  to  dwell  shove  ; 

Ana  Hand  and  bow  before  cheftj   there, 

And  view  thy  face  and  fing,  and  love  ? 

XXIV.  The  Evil  of  Sinnjifble  in  the  fall  of Angel z 
and  Men <, 

1  W7^™  the  great  Builder  arch'd  the  fkies 
VV  '     And  form'd  all  nature  with  a  word  ; 
The  joyful  cherubs tun'd  hispraife, 
Andev'ry   benoing  throne  ador'd. 
a.  H'^h,  in  the  midft  of  ah  thedirong, 
Satan,  a  tall  arch-an^el  fat  j 
*  Among  the  morning  fta;  3  he  fung, 
'Till  iin  deftroy'd  his  hea  v  'nly  ftate. 
|^  'Twin  fin  that  hurl'd  him  from  his  thrcae, 
Grov'ling  in  fire,  the  rebel  lies  ; 
+  How  art  thou- funk  in  darknefs  down, 
con  of  the  morning,  from  the  flies. 
4  And  thus  our  two  firft  parents ftood, 
'Till  P.n  defil'd  the  happy  place; 
They  loft  their  garden,  and  their  God, 
And  ruin'd  all  their  unborn  race. 
5  Sofprung  the  plague  from  Adam's  bow'r, 
And  fpiead  destruction  all  abroad  ; 
Sin,thecurs'd  name,  which  in  one  hour, 
Spoii'd  fix  days  labor  of  a  God.] 
Tremble,  my  foul,  and  mourn  for  grief, 
That  fuch  a  foe  fhouid  feize  thy  breaft  j 
Fly  to  thy  Lord  for  quick  relief; 
Oh  !  may  he  flay  his  treachVus  gueft. 
7  Then  to  thy  throne,  victor'ous  King, 
Then  to  thy  throne  our  fliouts  fhall  rife  } 
Thine  everlafting  arm  we'll  fing, 
For  fin,  the  monfter,  bleeds   and  dies. 


M 


XXV.  Complaining  of  Spiritual  S:oti . 
Y  drowfy  pow'rs  why  fleep  ye  fo  ? 
--iWake,  my  fluggifli  foul  ! 

Job  xxilvxW*  7,         f  Ifai     x'v.  |i. 


B.  II.  SP  IRITUAL    SONGS.  W 

Nothing  bashalf  thy  work  to  do  j 

Yet  nothing's  half  fo  dull. 
2,  The  little  ants,  for  one   poor  grain, 

Labor,  and  :ug5  and  ftrive; 
Yet  we,  who  have  a  heav'n  t'obtain, 

How  negligent  we  live  ! 

3  We  for  whofe  fake  all  nature    ftand/?, 

And  ftars  their  courfes  move  ; 
We,  for  whole  guard,  the  afTgel bands 
Come  flying  from  above: 

4  We,  for  whom  God  the  Son  came  down, 

'  And  labor' d  for  our  good  5 
How  careiefs  to  iecvhe  that  crown 
He  purchas'd  with  his  blood  '- 

5  Lord,  lhall  we    five  fo  fluggifh  frill, 

And  neve-i  act  our  parts  ? 
Come,  holy  Dove^  from  th'heav'nly    niil* 
And  fit  and  warm  ourhearts    ! 

6  Then  fhall  our  aft.ive  fpirits   move, 

Upward  our  fouls  fhall  rifej 
With  hands  of  faith,  and  wings  of  love, 
We'll  fly,  and  take  the  prize. 

— XXVI.  Godinvlfible. -' 

2  T    OR&,  we  are  blind,  poor  mortals  blind* 

Ji_j  "We  can't  behold  thy  bright  abode  j 

O  !  'tis  beyond  a  creature-mind 

To  glance  a  thought  half-way  to  God. 
p  Infinite  leagues  beyond  the  fky, 

The  great  Eternal  reigns  a'one; 

Where  niecher  wings,  nor  feu  Is  can  rlt^ 
5  Nor  angels  climb  the  topiefs  throne. 
S  The  Lord  of  Korv  builds  his  feat 

Of  gems  infuff  2  .ble  bright: 

And  lays  beneath  his  facred'feet 
_  Snbftantial  beams  of  gloomy  night. 
4  Yet  glor'ous  Lord,  thy  graciouseves      , 

Look  through,  and  chear  us  from  above  I 

geyond  our  praj  fe  thy  grandeur  flies, 

Yet  we  adore,  and  yet  we  love. 

XXVII.   Pratfeye    him,  ell  his  A«*th^ 
PlaJra   cxiviii,  2.  . 

1  €*°Sl  ^  eternai  awfuI  name, 

VJ    I  natthe  whole  heav'niy  army  frars 

Wn.ch  makes  the  wide  creation's^™ ** 

And  fatan  trembles  when   he  hears. 
^Jaffl«  of  fire  his  fervants  are, 

A*d  hght  f^n-oonds  his  dwelling-place  - 


«6  TTT  *.*  N  S     AN  D  fe.  jr, 

But,  O  ye  fie  y  flames  iedare 

The  r , ;..  ht«t  ,  :orics  or"  hisface. 

3  Tig  not  for  fuch  pool  worms  ;,swe 
To  i  teak  fo  infinite  a  thing.- 

Bu    y  mi  immortal  e\es  luivey 

The  be;  .Jties  of  your-fdv^req  n  King. 

Tell  how  he  fliewshis  fmiling  face, 

And  cloathesall  he-v'jj  in  brightarray  : 

Triumph  and  joy  run  through  the  place, 
y  Andipngs  eternal  as  thi    day. 
5  Sneak  (for you  fed  his  burning  love) 

What  zeai  it  fpr?ais  thro'  all  your   frame 

That facred  fire  dwells  ail  above, 

F<  .  we,  on  earth-  have  loft  the  name. 
[6  Sing  of  his  pow'r    .ndjuftice  too, 

That  infinite  right  hand  of  his, 

Which  vanquiihd  fatan  and  his  crew, 

When  thundertirov:  them  down  from  bllTs. ^ 
*j  "What  mighty  ftorms  of  poifon'd  dirts 

Werehurl'd  upon  the  rebels  there  ! 

What  deadlyjav'lins  naii'd  their  hearts 

F  ft  to  the  racks  of  iong  defpair  ! 
£8  Shout  to  your  King,  yeheav'nly  hoft, 

You  who  beheld  the  finking  foe  j 

Firmly  ye  ftood  when  they  were  loft  j 

Praife  the  rich  grace  that  kept  ye  fo. 
9  Proclaim  hH  wonders  from  the  fkies 

Let  ev>y  difaht  nation  hear  $ 

And,  while  you  found  his  lofty  praife, 

Let  humble  mortals  bow  and  fear. 

XXVill.  Death  and  Eternity. 

I  OTOOP  down^rny  thot's,  whichufe  to  rife, 
O  Converfe  a  while  with  death: 
Think  how  a  gafping  mortal  lies, 
i      A.  n  •  pants  av«  ay  his  breath. 
£  Hh  qurv'ring  lip  hangs  feeble  down,    . 
His  pulfes  faint  and  few  $ 
Then,  foeechlefs,  w;th  a  coleful  jroan', 
He  bids  the  world  adieu 
S  ButOh    the  foul,  which  never  dies  ! 
At  onceit  leaves  the  clay  ! 
Ye  thoughts,  purfue  it  where  it  flies, 
|       And  track  it,  wond'ous  way  ! 

4  Up  to  tn« ■  couvts  where  angels  dwell; 

It  mounts  triiwpphing  tnere  j 
Or  devils  plunge    .down    to  hell, 
In  infinite  df;   r.ir  ! 
e  And  rrnft  my  body  faint  and  d^  ?  , 

;  And  murt  this  foul  remove  ? 
•h,  for  fome-£.u.ard.,.am  angel  ni~.S 
To  bear  it  Hit  above  ' 


H.  ST  l'kfTUAL    SONGS.  || 

Jef»s,  to  thy  dear  fa  ithful  hand, 

M  y  naked  foul  I  truff  j 
And  rnyflefh  wairs  f«t  thy  command, 

To  drop  into  my  duft. 

XXIX.  Hsdetnfgon  »y  Price  ar.d  Pvw?r 

YESUS,  With  aft-shy  faints  above," 

^j    My  tongue  Would  be  tr  her  part  j 

Wouid  found  aloud  thy  faving  Jove, 

And  frsg  thy  bleed'ng  hearts    *    *-, 

Blefs'd  be  the  Lamb,  mydeareft  Lord, 

Who  bought  me  wuh  his  blood, 
And  quench'd  hi<?  Father's  flaming  fworcf 

In  his  own  vital  blood. 
The  Lamb  that  freed  my  captive  foul 

From  fatan*s  heavy  chains, 
And  fent  the  lion  down  to  howl 

Where  hell  and  horror  reigns,  -  ? 

.  All  glory  to  the  dying  Lamb, 
And  never  ceafing  praife^ 
While  angels  live  to  know  his  name, 
Or  faints  to  fee'  his  grace. 

■j    XXX.  Heavenly  Joy  en  Earths 

1  f^OME,  we  who  love  the  Lord, 
\_j   And  let  our  joys  be  known-}  •   X 

Join  in  a  fong  with  fweet  accord,  * 

And  thus  furround  the  thione. 
&  Let  forrows  of  the  mind 

Be  banim'd  ffcm  the  place 
Religion'  sever  was  deiign'd  '    ' 
«       To  make  our  pleaiures  lefs.} 
3  Let  thofej'efufe  to  fing 

Who  never  knew  our  God  ;  '  If 
But  fav'rites  of  the  heavnly  K'ng 
.       Should  fpeak  their  joys  abroad. 
[4  The  God  who  rules  on  high, 
'  And  thunders  when  he  pieafe, 
,Who  rides  upon  the  ftormy  iky, 
And  manages  the  fea^,] 
5  This  awful  God  is  ouirs,. 

Our  Father  and  our  love    ' 
He  mail  fend  down  his  heavily  pow'rs 
I      To  cajry  us  abcvt.     ~ 
S  There  we  fhali  fee  his  face, 
And  never,  never  fin  j 
There,  from  rke  rivers  of  his  grace.* 
Drink  endlefs  pleasures  in. 
7  Yes,  and  before  we  rife 
To  that  immortal  Hate, 


/ 


S8  KYMNSANb 

The  thoughts  of  fuch  amazing  blifs 

Should  conftantjoys  create* 
£8  The  men  of  grace  have  found 

Glory  begun  below 
Caeleftial  fruits  on  earthly  ground, 

From  Faith  and  hope,  may  grow. 

9  Thehiliof  Zion  yields 

A  thou  fand  facred  fwae  ts, 
Before  vye  reach  the  heav'nly  fields, 
Or  walk  the  golden  ftreets. 

10  Then  let  our  fongs  abound, 

And  ev'ry  tear  be  dry  , 
We're  marching  thro'  Eman'els  ground 
To  fairer  world  s  on  h  igh .  ] 

XXXI.  — Chrifi's  Prefence  makes  Death  eafy. 

t  "\X/^Y  fnould  we  fta^trand  fear  to  die? 
VV     What  trm'ious  worms  we  mortals  are  !' 
Death  is  the  gate  of  emtlefsjoy, 
And  yet  we  dread  to  enter  there. 
*  The  pains,  the  g.oans,  and.  dying  ftrife 
Fright  our  approaching  fouls  aw^y  j 
Still  we  fhrinfe  back  again  to  life, 
Fond  of  our  prifon  and  our-  clay. 
3  Oh  !   if  my  Lord  would  come  and  meet,  l 
"My  foul    mould  ftretch  her  wings  in  haile? 
Fly,  fearlefs.  thro'  de  atli's  iron  gate, 
9  Nor  feel  the  tenors  as  ihe  pafs'd. 
$  jefus  can  make  a  dying  bed 
Feei  foft  as  downy  pillows  are, 
While  on  his  breaft  I  lean  my  head, 
And  breathe  my  life  out  fweetly  there. 


XXXII.  Frailty  and  Folly, 

r  TJ  OW  fhort  and  hafty  is  our  life  ! 
XX    How  vaft  our  fouls'  affairs  ! 
Ye  fenfeiefs  mortals  vaialy  itrive 
Tolavifh  out  their  years. 
S  Our  days  run  thoughtlefly  along, 
Without  a  moments  ftay  $ 
Juft  like  a  ftory,  or  a  fong. 
We  pals  cur  lives  away. 
3  God,  from  on  high,  invitts  us  home. 
But  we  march  heedlefs  onj 
And,  ever  haft'ning  t®  the  tomb, 
Stoop  downward  as  we  run. 
^  How  we  deferve  the  deepelt  hr  11, 
Who  fTighf  the  joys  above  ! 
What  chains  of  vengeance  mould  we   « 
Whobreak  fuch  cords  of  love. 


il.  SPJ  RITUAL    S€LT€S,  &l: 

)raw  ns,  O  God,  with  fov'reign  grace.. 

And  lift  oar  thoughts  on  high, 
"hat  we  may  end  .this  mortal  race, 

And  fee  fafvation  nigh. 

XXXIII.  TV  W*Md  ociety  in  Heavep> 

RAl  SE  thee,  my  foul,  fly  up ,  and  run 
Thro'  ev,ryheav,nly  ftreet, 
Uitf  fz'l— there's  nought belo*^  the  fun, 

That's  -vcythy of  thy  feet« 

Thus  will  we  mornton  facred  wings, 

And  tread  the  cotirw  above  :         ■    '■ 
Jor  earth,    nor  all  her  m,fe  -c'e«  things, 

Shall  tempt  our  meaneft love.  J 
here,  on  a  highmageffjc  throne,  " 
Th'almighty  Father  reigns, 
nd  fheds  his  glor'ous  goodnefs  down 
On  all  the  blifsful  plains, 
right,  like  a  fun,  the  Saviour  fits, 
And  fpreads  eternal  noon  j 
j>  evenings  there,  no  gloomy  nights 
I o  want  the  feeble  moon  .. 
midlt  thofe ever-mining  f<ies 
Behold  the  facred  Dove  I  -< 
hilebaniih'd  fin,  and  forrow   flies 
from  ail  the  realms,  of  love.   - 
ie  glor'ous  tenants  of  the  place 
stand  bending  round  the  throne.  J 
id  iaints,  and  feranhs,  fing  and  praife 
rhe   infinite  Three-One.  - 

|qt,  Dwhat  beams  of  heav'nlv  grace 
Tranfoortthem  all  the  while  ! 
snthoufand  fmjlei  from  Jefus'  face, 
Vnd    JoveinevVy  fmile!   J 
js,  and  when fhail  that  dear  day, 
rhatjo  yful  hour  appear,  '.', 

lenlfhall  leave  this  houfe  cf  clay3 
ro  dwell  among  them  there.  '     - 

YXXIV*.— Breathing  after  the  Holy  Sprit.***. 

<OM"E,  Holy  Spirit,  heav'sly  Dove, 

I  With  all     thy  quick'ningpow'rs,     ■ 

idle  a  flame  of  facred  love 

n  thefe  cold  hearts  of  ours. 

>k  how  we  grovel  here  below, 

ond^-ihefetriffling  tovs  !     - 

|  fou!s  fcan  neither  %,'norgo, 

'o  reach  eternaljoys. 

rain -we  tune  our  forma!  fanes* 

l  vain  we  it  rive  to  fife  : 


9P  H  Y  M  N  S     A  Jff  D-  B.  J 

Rofanm's  languifh  on  their  tongues. 
And  our  devotion   dies. 

4  Dear  Lord  !   and  mall  ve  ever  live 

At  this  poor  dying  rute  ? 
I    Our  love  fo  faint,  foeoid  to  thee, 

And  thine,  to  us  fo  great?  ^ 

5  Cotic,  Holy  Spirt,  heav'nly  D.we, 

With  a!!  thy|cjaic!cVing  pow'rs  5 
Come,    fhed  ab  m.  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  thac  Ihall  kindle  oubs1. 

X  XXV.     Praife  to  God  for  creation  aw*  redemption, 

IET  them  neglect  thy  £lorv.  Lord, 
_j     Who  nevet knew  th.y  £race  j 
But  our  loud  foi.i    f,, air  frill  record 
The  wonder*  or  ffiy  praife. 
a  We  raife  £«£  mout^  O  God,  to  thee, 
-       Av-A 'hep'!  them  tn  thy  throne  : 
.    AJJ  gi*>;  y  to  th'    U  N  I  T  £  D  Tk R K  E. 

*  The  undivided  On.k. 
3  'Twas  Ha,  (and  wehl  adore  his  nine) 
Who  form'd  us  by  a  word  : 
'Tis  Hereftor'dour  ruiu'd  name  : 
Salvation  to  the  Lord  ! 
4,  Hofanna  !   let  the  earch  and  ikies 
Repeat  the  joyful  found  3 
Roc'k.3.  h'.l  s,  and  vales,  reflect  the  voice 
in  one  eternal  round. 


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:XVI.     Chrift's  Intercede** 

'ELL-/  the:  Redeemer's  gone 
T    -      T'  appear  jefbre  a  God, 
To  ibrinkle  o'er  the  flaming  thrcae 
With  his  atoning  blood. 
%  No  fiery  vengeance  no\v, 

•  No  burning  wrath  comes  down  s 
'IF  jufti.ee  calls  for  fipners'  biood 
The  Saviour  fliews  his  own. 
3  3e fore  his  Father's  ey£ 

'  Our  humble  luit  he. "moves  ; 
The  Father  lays  his  thunder  by^ 
\  And  looks,  and.lmiles,  andlovef, 
Now  may  our  joyful  tongues 
Our  Maker's  honor  fing  : 
Jefis,  the  Prieft,  receives  our  fongs, 
And  bears  them  to  the  King. 
][  5  We  bow  before  his  face,_ 

And  found  hi?  glories  high  ; 

*<  J-iofanna  to  the  God  of  grace 

"Wiio  lays  his  t.bxnder  by.  i 


B,  II.  &PIR1TUJL    SONGS.  g* 

6 "On  Earth  thy  mercy  reigns, 

And  triumphs  all  above  ,  , 

But,  Lord,   how  weak,  our  mortal  fr.ra.ins 
To  fpeak  immortal  Jove  *-   .    .-,_.        .      , 
£7   How  jarring,  and  how  low 
Are  all  the  notes  we  ling  ! 
Sweet  Saviour,  tune  our  longs  anew* 
Arjd  they  mall  pteafe  the  King.""] 

i     XXXVI  I.— The  fatne.- 

X  T    IFT  up  your  eyes  to  th1  heav'nly  feats^ 
§   J     Where  your  Redeemer  Hays  : 
Kind  InterceiTor,  there  he  fit?, 
And  loves,  and  pleads,  and  prays. 
%  'Twas  well,  my  foul,  he  dy'dfbr  thee, 
And  ihed  his  vital  biooa  j     . 
Appeas'd  ftern  juftice  on  the  tree, 
And  then  arofeto  God. 
g  Petitions  now,  and  praife  may  r'f*, 
And  faints  their  off  rings  bring  j. 
The  Prieft,  with  his  own  faciifice, 
Pjefents  them  to  the  King.    " 
£4  Let  others  truft  whit  name.,  they  pleafe 
Their  faints  and  angaisboaft; 
We've  no  fuch  advocates  as  thefe, 
Nor  pray  to  th'  heav'niy  hoit.  j 

5  Jeius,  alone,  mall  hear  my  cries 
\     Up  to  his  Father's  throne  ; 

He  (deareft  Lord)  perfumes  my  fighs, 
And  fweetens,  ev'ry  groan. 

6  Ten  thoufandpraifes  to  the  King, 
:.      Hofanna  in  the  high  ft  ; 

Ten  chouiand  thanks  ou<-  fpiiits  bring 
To  God,  and  to  hi  5  Chrift  J 

XXXVIII     Love  to  God, 

I  TIAPPY  the  heart  where  gaces  rei^n, 
JLi     Where  love  inipires  the  breaft  : 
Love  is  the  brighteft  of  the  train, 
And  ftrengthens  ail  the  reft. 
%  Knowledge,  alas  !  'tis  ail  in  vain, 
And  all  in  vain  our  fear  j 
Our  ftubborn  fins  will  fight  and  reign, 
If  love  be  abfent  there. 
3  *Tis  love  which  makes  our  chearfui  feet 
In  fwiftobed'ence  move  ;         • 
The  devils  know— and  tremble  teo  j 
:But  fa  tan  cannot  lovs» 


9*  HYMNS     AND 

When  la.thandhope  fcaJUeafe  ; 
Tis  th.s  Hull  ftrike  purjoyful  firings 
In  theiweet  realms  of  hlif. 
5  Before  we  quite  forfake  our  clay, 
Or  ie*ve  this  d  rk  abode, 
Let  w.ngs  of  love  bear, sawav 
*o.feeourfmilingGod. 

XXXIX.     The  Shcrtnefs  and  Mifery  cf  Lift, 

1  0U^  dT>  aIaS  !  ol»- mortal  days, 
J;      Areflwrt  and  watched  too! 
ivjiand  few,  the  PacrVch  favs 
And  well  the  Patr'arch  Knew' 

*      WU*5r.tfe^  a^, row  bound, 
Whicn.heav  n  allows  to  men  ;     - 

VPT*'  andflns  run  tW  the  round 
Ol  threescore  years  and  ten. 
3  Well— if  ye  nvjft  be  tad  and  few, 
Kun  on,  mydavs.   In  hafte. 
Moments  of  fin,  ana  months  of  woe, 
Ye  cannot  fly  too  fa.fi. 
*  Let  heav'nly  love  prepare  my  foul, 
Andr^lher  to  the /kies, 
Where  years  of  kng  fixation  roll. 
And  glory  never  dies. 

XL.       Our  comfort  in  the  tenant  made  with  Cbrlfi, 

2        S"?^'  thefe^  complaints, 
*K    Z   7.,*  a.nd  we  afe  one  ? 

(       is  faithful  to  his  Son,  ' 

Beneath  his  fmiiesmv  heart  has  livM, 
J  ^r^rt^^eav'npoflefs'di 

K    Vume  f°r  g^«receiVd, 
And  truft  him  for  the  reft.  ' 

XLI.-Aflght  QfGod  morf^  ^  ^  ^  ^^ 
|jPA^e.fieWswnerVifgdSIieJ 


B*  Ji 


Ell.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS.  $% 

And  thou  can'ft  bear  me  where  thou  fly 'ft, 
.    On  thy  kind  wings,  cseleitial  Dove  ! 

3  G  might  1  once  mount  up,  and  fee 
The  glories  of  th'  eternal  feies  $ 

Whac  little  things  thefe  worlds  would  be  ? 
.    Kow  del  vac  able  to  my  eyes  ?] 

4  Had  I  a  glance  of  thee,  my  God, 
Kingdoms  and  men  wouid  vaniih  foon  ; 
Vaniih,  as  tho'  1  law  them  not,. 

As  a  dim  candle  dies  at  noon. 

5  Then  they  might  light,  and  rage,  and  rare3 
J  mould  perceive  the  noife  no  more 

Than  we  can  hear  aihaicing  leaf 
i  While  rattling  thunders  round  us  roar. 

6  Great  All  in  All,  eternal  King, 
Let  me  but  view   thy  lovely  face  ; 
And  allmy  powhs  ihaJl  bow  and  fing 
Thine  endlefs  grandeur,  and  thy  gra*ce. 

XL1I.      Delight  in  God. 

I   "\/I"Y  God,  what  endlefs  pleasures  dwell 
xVl     Above,  at  thy  right  hand  • 

Thy  courts  below,  how  a  mi*  hie,  . 

Where  all  thy  graces  ftand  ! 
a  The  fwallow  near  thy  temple  lies, 
And  chirps  a  chearfui  note  ; 
The  lark  mounts  up  towardjithy  ikies 
,       And  tunes  her  warbling  throat  ; 
3  And  we,  when  in  thy  presence,  Lord, 
Do  mout  with  joyful  tongues  ; 
Or,  fitting  round  our  Father's  bo  ard, 
We  crown  the  feaft  with  fongs. 
£  While  J  eius  mines  with    c»  ick'ning  grace3 
But  if  a  frown  becloud  his  face, 
We  ling,  and  mount  on  high  y 
We  faint,  and  tire,  anddie* 
5  Juft  as  we  fee  thelonefome  dove 
_  Bemoan  her  widow'd  ftate, 
Wand'ring,  lhe  flies  thro1  all  the  grove9 
f    >  And  mourns  her  loving  mate. 
5  Juft  fo,  our  thoughts,  from  thing  to  thing 
In  reftlefs  circles,  rove  ; 
Juft  fo.,  we  droop,  and  hang  the  wing,     - 
When  Jefus  hides  his  love.] 

XLIII.     Chrift'a  Sufferings  and  Glory-, 

NOW  for  a  tune  of  lofty  praife 
To  great  Jehovah's  equal  Son  ! 
Awake,  my  voice,  in  heav'nly  lays,  • 
Tell  loud  thev/onders  ashath  dsae, 


<^  H  T  M  NS     A  N  D  t.  IT. 

%  Sin*-,  ?iowhelef$t£e  worlds  of  light, 

And  the  bright  robes  hewce  above  5 

How  fwift  and  joyful  was  his  flight 

On  wings  of  everlafting  love  ! 
3  Down  to  this  bafe,  thisfinful  eart! 

He  came  to  raffe  our  nature  high  : 

Hecamet'  atone  Almighty  wafh — 

Jcfus,  the  God,  was  born  to  die. 
[V  Hell  and  it  liens'  roar'd  around  ; 

Hispecious  bloouthe  monfttrs  fpilt  ; 

"While  weighty  fcr-ov/s  prefs'd  him  down. 

Large  as  the  loads  of  a  Hour  guilt. 

5  Deep  in  the  (hades of  gloomy  death, 
Th'"  Almighty  captive  Prisoner  lay  j 
Th'  Almighty  captive  left  the  earth, 
And  role  to  everlafting  day. 

6  Lift  up  your  eyes,  ye  fons  of  light, 
Up  to  hi>  throne  of  fkining  grace  } 
See  what  imnrortal  glories  fit 
Round  thefweet  beauties  of  his  face": 

7  Among  a  thoufand  harps  and  fonsg, 
jtfus,  the  G^d,  ex-alted  reigns  5 

His  facred  namefids  all  their  tongues, 
And  echoes  thr<r:-gh  the  heav'nly  plains. 

XLIV.     tisll\  or,  the  Vengeance  of  Ged, 

j  "TT-TITH  holy  fear,  and  humble  fong, 
V V     The  dreadful  Godourfouls  adore  5 

Rev'renc;  and  awe  becomethe  tongue 

Which  f peaks  theterrors.of  his  pow'r. 
S  Far,  in  the  deep,  where  darknefs  dwells, 

Thelandof  horror  and  defpa'n, 

Jutrice  has  built  a  c.ifmal  hell, 

And  iaidherftoresof  vengeance  there, 
I"*  Eternal  plagues  and  heavy  chains, 

Tormenting  racks  and  fiary  coats, 

^nd  darts  t1  ia&iQt  immortal  pams, 

Dy'd  in  the  blood  of  damned  louls. 

4  There  fa  tan,  the  firft  f  nner,  lies, 
And  roars,  and  bites  his  iron  bands  J 

In  vain  the  rebel  ftr>es  to  ule,  - 

Cruilr'd  with  the  weight  of  both  thy  hands*  J 
c  There  guilty  r.«  fts  of  AdamS  race, 

5  Shriek  out,  and  howl  benesth  thy  rod  | 
Once  thev  could  fcorn  a  Saviour'sgrace, 
And  foincens'd  a  dreadful  God. 

i  Tremble,  my  foul,  anikift  the  Son- 
Sinner,  obey  thy  Saviour's  call  j 
Elfe  vour  damnation  haftens  on, 
#nd  Bell  gapes  wide  to  wait  your  fall. 


I;  It.  STlnifUAL    SONGS.  $$ 

XLV.     God's  condefcenficnto  our  Jf^orpip, 

I  ,'T^KY  favors,  Lord,  furprizsour  fouls  j 
1      Will  the  Eternal  dweJl.with  us  ? 
What  canft  thou  Hiad  beneath  the  poles, 
"   To  tempt  thy  char-ot'downward  thus  ? 
%  Still  might  he  fill  Ms  ftarry  throne, 
And  pleafe  his  ears  with  Gabriel's  fongs  5 
But  th'  heavenly  majefty  comes  down, 
,   And  bows  to  hearken. to  our  tongues'! 
I  Great  God  !    what  poor  returns  we  pay 
■For  love  fo  infinite  as  thine  1 
Words  are  but  air,  and  tongues  but  clay, 
But  thy  companion's  all  divine. 

*  \. 
XLVl.      God'a  Condefcenfiantc  Human  Affairs, 

I  T  T  P  to  the  Lord,  who  reigns  on  high, 
\^J  And  views  the  nations  from  afar, 
Let  everlafting  praifes  fty^'' 

•  And  teiJ  how Targ-e  his  bounties  are. 

\%  He-  who  can  make  the  worlds  he  maie9 

Or  with  his  word,  or  with  his  rod  \ 

His  goodnels,  how  amazing  great  1 
I  And  what  a  condefcending  God  1 
3  God.  who  muftftbop  to  view  the  /kies^ 

And  bow  to  fee  what  ahgeis  do, 

Down  to  our  e^rth  he  cafts'his  eyes,  , 
j   And  bends  his  footlreps  downward  too. 
$  Heover-ru'es  all  mortal  things, 

And  manages  our  mean  affairs  : 

On  humble  fouls  tie  K'ng  or"  kings 

Beftows  his  councils,  and  his  cares. 

*  Our  forrows.  and  our  tears  we  pour 
Into  the  bofom  of  our  God  ; 

He  hears  us  in  the  mournful  hour, 
And  helps  to  bear  the  heavy  load. 

6  In  vain  might  lofty  princes  try 
Such  condefcenfion  to  perform  5 
For  worms  were  never  rais'd  fo  high 
Above  their  meaneft  fellow-worm. 

7  Oh  !  could  our  thankful  heart  devife 
A  tribute  equal  to  thy  grice, 

To  the  third  heavm  ourfongs  -mould  rife, 
And  teach  the  golden  harps  thy  praife. 

.  XLYII.      Glory  and  grace  in  the  prfon  of  Cbrifi, 


J.N 


O'V  to  the  Lord  a  noble  fong  !  ' 

Awaks,  my  fo*l  j  awake,  mv  tongue  ; 


|fc  ft  T  M  N  $     AN  h   ■ 

Hofanna  to  tV  eternal  name, 

And  all  his  boundleis  Jo^e  proclaim* 
a  See,  where  it  fhlnes  in  JefusTace, 

The  brighteft  image  of  his  grace  j 

God,  in  the  perfonof  his  Son, 

Has  all  his  mrght'eft  works  out-dore. 
2  The  fpacious  earth,  and  fpreading  flood* 

Proclaim  the  wife  and  pow'iful  God  j 

And  thy  rich  glories  from  ;  far 

Sparkle  in  ev'ry  roiling  ifar. 
4  But,  in  his  looks',  a  g!ory  itands, 

The  nobleft  lab~r  of  thy  hands  : 

The  pleafing  luftre  of  his  eyes 

Out  mines  the- wonders  of  the  /kies- 
^  Grace  !   'tis  afweet  and  charming  theme} 

My   thoughts  rejoice  at  Jefus  name  } 

Ye  angel/,  dwell  upon  the  louad  ; 

Ye  hea^ns,  reflect  it  to  the  ground. 
6  Oh,  m^l  live  to  re«ch  the  place 

Where  he  unveils  his  lovely  facr — 

Where  all  bis'heauties  you  be  hold, 

And  finghis  name  to  harps  of  gold  !  — 

XLVTTI.     Lvoe  to  the  Creatures  is  davgehitf. 

*  TJOW  vain  are  ail  things  here  below  ! 
£1     How  falle,  and  yet  how  fair  ! 
Each  pleafure  hath  its  poifon  toe, 

And  ev'ry  fweet— a  mare, 
r  The  brighted  things  below  the  iky 

Givebut  aflartVmgbght)  _V 

We  mould  luipfcl  fome  danger  nigh. 

Where  we  poilefi1  deVght. 
s  Our  deareft  joys,  and  neareft  fr*ndaf 

Thepa.-tri-.rbof  our  olood,        # 
How  tney  divideourvvav  ring  mm..., 

And  leave  but  hart  tor  God. 
£  The  fondnen  of  a  creature's  Jove, 

*  How  nrongititnkesthelenlu! 
Thither  ehevrann  afieaidns  move, 

Nor  can  we  call  than  thence. 

*  Dear  Saviour,  let  thy  beauties  be 

My  foul's  eternal  food.  ■ 

And  grace  command  my  heart  away 
From  all  created  good. 

XUX.     Mofes  Jfligi*  thcEmhracctol  Go^ 
't-#xEATH  cannot  make  our  fo«ls  afra!^, 
7  KJ''    }f  c'Qli  Devvit'n  us  t-'eie*; 


,ii.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS. 

We  may  walk  through  the  darker!  fhade, 

And  never  yield  to  fear. 
]  could  renounce  my  All  below, 

It  rny  Creator  bid  ; 
And  run,  if  t -were  call'd  to  go, 

And  die,  as  Moies  did. 
Might  1  but  climb  to  Kifgih's  £op? 

A.nd  view  the  piomis'd  iaTid, 
My  fiefh  itfeif  iliould  long  to  drop, 

And  pray  for  the  command. 
Clafp'd  in  my  heav''nly  Father's  arms^ 

1  would  f>rget  my  breath  j 
And  lofemvlife  among  the  charms 

Of  io  divine  a,  death. 

r  ■  ■       L. — Cotiiforts  under  Serre%o&and  Pains..—*; 

NOW  let  the  Lord,  my  Saviour,  fmih, 
And  fhew.  .ny  jiame  upon  his  heart  $ 

I  would  forget  my  pains  awhile, 

And  in  yie  pieafure*;  lofe  the  fmart.. 

But  Oh  )  it  fweiis  my  forrowshigh, 
"  To  fee  mv  ble.ffed  jefus  frown  f 

My  fpirits  fink,   my  comforts  die, 

±\  nd  ail-  the  firings"  g£  life  are  down. 

Yet,  why  ?;  mv  foa|,  why  thefe  complaints  $ 
'  Stiflj  while  he'frowfes,  his  bowels  move  $ 

Still,  oh  his  heart,  he 'hears  his  faints, 

And  feels  his  iqrrows,  and:  his  love»v 
j.  My  name  is  printed  on  his  breafr.  j 

His  book  of  life  contains  my  name  ^ 

I'M  rarther  have  it  there  imprefs'd,   "     : 

Than  in' the  bright  records  of  fame. 
j  When  the)  aft  fire  burns.all  things  hefey 

Thole  ie tiers  marrfrcn rely  Hand  ; 

And,  in  the  Lamb's  fair  book  appear, 

Writ  by  th'  -eternal  Father's  hand. 
>  Now  let  my  minutes  frooothly  run, 
-'"■'  Whiifc  here  1  wait  ray  Father's  will  | 

My  riling  and  my  fitting  fun  a 

Roil  gently  up  and  down  the  hilh 

■LI.— God  the  Son  equal  with. the  Father.- 

BRIGHT  King  of  Glory,  dreadful  God  ! 
Our  fpirits  bow  before  thy  feat : 
To  thee  we  lift  an  humble  thought 
Anci  worfliip  at  thme  awful  feet. 
[%  Thy  po-v'r  hathform'd,  thy  wifdom  fway% 
;  iiilri3;ure,  vviui  aioy'xsknwordi  * 


57 


S*  H  T  M  N  S     AN  & 

!At\3  the  bright  world  o*  <Hrs  cbey«    > 
The  will  of  their  funeiVr  Lord. J 

3  Mercy  and'  truth  unite  in  one, 
And,  fitting,  fie  at,  thy  r Vol  hand  : 
Eternal  juitice  guards  thy  t.lirnne, 

And  vengeance  waits  thy  dread  command.] 

4  A  thoufand  ferapfis,  itron^;  and"  bright, 
^ Stand  round  the'gKn-V-us  Deity  ; 
'.But,  who,  amon<  tne'lons  or'  iight^ 

Pretends  comparifoii  With  thee  ? 

5  Yet  then?  \%  one  of  human  frame, 
Jefus,  array 'dirt  fluffy  and  blood. 
Thinks  it  nc  robbery  to  Ci„im 

A  full  equality  with  God. 
<5  Their  glory  fhines  with  equal  beams  5, 

Their  efience  is  forever  one  ^ 
"  Though  they  aiekns'wn  by  different  name?, 

The  Father   Gojo,  and  God  the  So*. 
7  Then  let  the  name  of  Chrift  oi*r  King, 

With  equal  honors  be  ador'd  ; 

His  praite.  let  ev'ry  angel  fing—  • 

And  all  the  nations  cwn  their  Lord. 


r-  LJL     Death  drcaSfuly  or  delightful. 

3   "pvEATH  !   'tis  a  melancholy  day 
*    r      To  rhofe  who  have  no  God, 
When  the  poor  foul  is  foic'd  away 
To  fee  k  her  laft  abode. 
3  In  vain. to  heav'n  fhe  lifts  her  eyes  j 
Far  guiit,  a  heavy  chain, 
Still  drafcs  heir  downward  from  the&iec, 
To  darknefs,  lire,  and  pain. 
3  Awake,  and  rr  ourn,  ye  heirs  of  hell- 
Let  flubborri  finners  fear, 
You  muft  be  driv'n  ifrom  earth  and  dwell 
A.  long  for  ever  tjbere  ! 
$  See  how  the  pit  gapes  wide  for  you, 
And  flames  in  your  fa  ;e  ; 
And  thou,  my  foul,  look  downwards  toe, 
And  fing  recov'ring'grate. 

5  He  is  a  God  of  fov'rei^r.  love, 

Who  promis'd  heav'n  to  me, 
And  taught  my  thoughts  to  ioar  above, 
Where  happy  fpirits  be. 

6  Prepare  me,  Lord,  for  thy  right-hand, 

Then  come  the  joyful  day  ; 
"Come,  death,  and  fome  ca:lcfr.ial  band, 
To  bear  my  foul  away. 


IJ3,  J3.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS.  98 

LI II,    Saitts''  FUgr  image  j  or,  Earth  and  H-- 

*   T     ORD  !  what  a  wretched  Jaad  is  this, 
X_J   .  Which  yields  us  no  fupply  , 
No  cheering  fruits,  no  wholefome  trees, 
No  ftreaVhs  of  living  joy  !   . 
S  But  pricking  thorns  thro'  all  the  ground, 
And  mortal  poifons  grow  : 
Ana,  all  the  rivers  which  are  found. 
With  dang'rous  waters  flow.      -   :. 
%  Yet  the  dear  path  to  thine  abode 
■i     Lies  through  this  horrid  land  : 
Lord  !  we  would  keep  the  heav'nly  road, 
And  run  at  thy  command. 

4  Our  foul  (hall  tread  the  dtjfart  throuh, 

With  undiverted  feet  ; 
"  And  faith,  and  flaming   zeal  fubdue 
The  terrors  which  we  rneet. 
£5  A  thcuf-^nd  lavage  hearts  of  prey 
Around  the  forerlroarn  j 
But  Juda'rfs  lion  guards  the  way, 
.And  guides  the  Grangers  home, 7 

6  Long  nights  and  darkneis  dwell  belovy. 

With  icarce  a  twinkling  ray  j 
Bot  the  bright  world  to  which  we  go, 
Is  everlafting  day. 

7  By  giimmhing  hopes,  and  gloomy  fears, 

We  tr^ce  the  facred  road  ; 
Through difmal  de?ps,  and  dang'rous  fnares, 
..We  make  our  wav  to  God. 

5  Our  journey  is  a  thorny  maze, 

■  But  we  march  upward  ftin  j 
Forget  thefe  troubles  of  the  ways, 
And  reach  at  Zion's  hill. 

9  See  the  kind  angels,  at  thegates 
'    Inviting  us  to  come  !.. 

There  Jefus,the  forprun-ner  waits 
To  welcome  -travelers  home  ! 

10  There,  on  a  j^reen  and  flow'ry  mount, 

Our  weary  fouls  fhalj  fit, 
And,  with  transporting  joys,  recount 
The  labors  of  our  feet. 
£11  No  vain  difcourfe  shall  fill  our  tongue, 
Nor  trifles  vex  our  ear  ; 
Infinite  grace  ihali  filj  our  longt 
And  God  delight  to  hear. 
1Z  Eternal  glorvs  to  the  King 
'       Who  brought  us  fafely  through  ; 
Our  tongues  ihali  never  ceafe  to  5ng» 
A^d  eadjsfs  praife  renew. 


*$o  MT  M  N  S     A  N  D  H.  i 

"*.  ■  ■  '.' 

LTV. — God's  prefcn.c  is  Light  in  darkr.efs.—* 

1    T\  ,'f  Y  God,  the  bpring  or'  ail  my  jov&. 
JVl    The  HfVcf  my  rights,         *    .  ' 
The  glory  of  my  brightest  day*, 
And   comfort  ©f  my  nights  ! 
£  In  darkeft  /hides,  if  he  ag*pQ»r, 
My  damning  i«  begun  ! 
He  is  mv  foul's  fveet  Morning  Star, 
And  he  — my  rificgSun: 

3  Th^op'ning  heav'ns  ar  >und  mi  lhins 

With  beams  of  facred'blifs, 
Whiie  Jefus  ftewjs  his  heart  is  mine, 
And  whifperS — /  am  his. 

4  M)  foul  would  leave  this  heavy  clay 

A*  thattranf porting   word; 

Run  upwith  joy  the  Aiming  way 

T'  embr.ice,  my  dear'eil    Lo  d. 

5  Fearlei's  of  hell,  'snd  gaflly  death, 

•  I'd  break  through  ev>y  foe 
The  wipgsof  love,   and  aims  of  faith, 
ShcUid  beai'  iu€  COjntfroi  through. 

LV.  Frail  Life,  and  fucceeding  Etern'uj. 

I  rT^MEE,  we  adore,  eternal  name— 
1:     And  humbiy  own  to  Thee, 
How  feeble  is  oar  mortal   frame  , 
What  dying  worsii  are  we  ! 
|[l  Our  wafting    lives-grow  fnorter  ftiil, 
As  moaihs  and  days  increafe  j 
And  evTy beating  pu'ie  we  teli, 
Leaves  but  the  number  lei's. 

3  The  year  roils  round.*  and  fteals  away 

The  breath  which  firft  it  gave    : 

Wnate'erwe  do,  whue'tr  we  be, 

-We're  t.avTmg  to  the  grave  "| 

4  Dangers  f>and  thick  thro'  all  the  ground, 
'<■      To  puih  us  to  the  tomb  ; 

Ana  iieice  di(e?i*s  wait  around, 
To  hurry  mortals  home. 

5  Good  God  '  on  what  a  flender  thread 
•      Ra.,g  everlafting   things' 

Th'  eternal  Hates  of  ail  the  dead 
Upon  life'*  feeble  livings. 

6  Innate  joy,  orendleis  woe, 

Attends  on  ev'ry   breach; 

And  yet  how  unconce'n'd  we  go 

lT   oa  the  brink  or  dsai:h  ! 

•j  Waken,  O  Lo:d,  oar  drowi'y  fenfc 

•    - 1  &  tun  this  daii^ious  road  j 


I.  ik  spiniTUdZ.  songs. 

And.  if  our  fouls   are  hurry"  d  hence, 
M:-y  they  be  founo  with  God. 

■      ;     -LVr. Vain  prcfperlty  ..     »"^ 

j  T^TO:    I  (hall  rnvy  thf-rn  no  mo;e 

X^    Who  grow  profanely   errat, 

Thro' they  intreafe  their   golden  ftore, 

And  rile  to  w  -nd'rous  height, 

5t  They  ta^e  r£  all  the  jovs  which  grow 

Uoonthi    earthly  clod!  ~ :  ' '? 

Wei— they  may  fe?rch  the  creature  thro  , 
For  they  have  ne'er  a  God. 
5  Shakeof  the  thoughts  of  dying  too, 
.-    AnJ-think  your  life  your  ovni.j    . 
Bat  death  c:ra;s  hail'mug  unto  you, 
r>  nTOW  vour  glory  down. 
^  Yes— you  rnuit  how  your  irately  head  J 
AW3V  vour  tpirit  flies  ;     ;     .  ■    , 
And  no  kind  angel  sear  your  bed,- 
To  bear  it  to  the  ikies 
5  Go  now,,  and  boaft  of  all- your  ""{lores— 
And  teU  how  bright  they  fhine  ; 
You:-  heaps  of  glitt'ring  duft  are  your  s, 
And  my  Redeemer's  mine  1 

LVII.  The  Fuafure  of  a  gocd  Confciemk 
i  T     ORD,  howfecureand  bieft  are  they 
X_j  Who  feel  the  joys  or*  pardonM  fin  ?       , 
Should  ftcrms  of  wrath  fcake  earth  and_ie?, 
Th_L- minds  have  heav'n  and  peace 'w|tJun« 
ft  The  day  glides  Tweedy  o'er  their  heads, 
Made  up  of  innocence  and  lev?  ; 
And,ioit;.»nd    filent  as  the  in.,  des, 
Their  nightly  minutes  gently  move. 
(V  Quick  as  their  tho'ts  their  joys  cone  on* 
But  My  not  half  fo  faft.  away  ; 
Their  fouls  are  ever  bright  as  .noon, 
And  calm  as  fumm'er-ev'ningsbe.        .,  , 
&  H,w  oft  they  look  to  th«  heavirnty  feilbj 
'   Where  groves  of  living  plea<ure    growl 
And  longing  hopes,  and  chearful  fames 
Sit-  undifturb'd  upon  their  brow.  J 

5  They  fcorn  to "feek  our  golden  toys  ; 
Batfaendthe  day, and  fhare   tne  nigh. 
In  numbering  o  er  the  richer  joys 
Which  heav'n  prepares  for  their  de)3gl--t..- 

6  V:  Ale  wretched  we,  like  worms  and  me--;;, 
Lhgrov'Ung  in  the  duft  below  J 


t*i  r  HT  M  N  3     AND 

Almighty  grace,  renew  our  fouls 
And  we'll  af>ire  to  glory  too. 

LYIU.   Shcrtnrji  of  Life,  and  good mf?  rf  God. 
1   '"TMME  !  what  an  empty  vapor  <ti*  1 
X       And  days, 'how  {w:f<:  they  are  ! 
Swift  as  an-  Indian  anew  fties, 
.        Or  like  a  (hooting  it  »r. 
[s    The  prefent  rn^men^  julr  appear, 
Tnen  fl  ide  away  in  h  afte  ; 
TKat  we  can  never  fay— ?bey:re  bcr-e  \ 
But  only  i^—they*  re  pafi  .—• 
[3  Onr  life  is  ever  on  the  wing, 
And  death  is  ever  nigh  ; 
Th"  moment  when  our  lives  begin, 

We  all  begin  to  die  ] 
Yet,  mighty  God  !   our  fleeting  days 
*        TO17  iaftihg'fivors  (hae  \      \ 
Yet.  with  the  bounties  of  thy  grace, 
Thou  load'it  the  rolling  year. 
5  *Tis  fov'svign  mercy  finds  us  food, 
And  we  r^re  coatlrd  with  love  : 
While  grace  ft  an 'Is  pointing  out  the  road-' 
'\        Which*  lead  sour  foufc  above. 
5  His  goodnefs  runs  an  endlel's  round- 
All  glory  to   the  Lord  : 
His  mercy  never  knows  a  bound— 
And  be  his  name  adored. 
7     Thus  we  begin  the  lifting  fong  j 
And  when  we  cioie  our  eyes, 
Let  ages  down  thy  praife  prolong, 
'Till  time  and  nature  dies. 


•LTX, .  ■    '    '  Paradife  on  Ejrth. 


t   /^1  LORY  to  God,  who  walks  the  flcy, 
VJT   And  fends  his  bie'ffings  rhrough — 
\y  tio  tells  his  faints  of  joys  on   high — 
And  gives  a  tafte  beiow. 
[i  Glory  to  God  who  ftoops  his  throne, 
That  duft  and  worms  may  fee't, 
And  brings  a  glympfe  of  glory  down 
Around  his  facred    feet. 
3  When  Chrift,  with  all  his  graces  crown'd', 
Sheds  his  kind  beams  abroad, 
'Tis  a  young  heav'n  on  earthly  ground, 
And  glory  in  the  bud. 
\    \  blooming  paradife  of  joy 
i    In  this  wild  def*rt  (prings  ; 
/Vjd  ev'ry  fenfe  »  (trait  empiy 
Or  fareet  casledial  things- 


If.  5  F  IRltU  AL    SO  N  G  & 

White  life  all  around  appear, 

And  each  his  glory  jhows. 
The  nfe  of  Sharon  blonomshere, 

The faireit  Sow'r  which  blows . 
Chearfui  *  feaft  on  heav'nly   fruit, 

And  drink  the  pleafures  down ; 
Fleafures  which  flow  hard   by   &&*?&% 

Of  the  eternal  throne  !    J 
But,  ati!  hew  icon  my  joys  decay— 

How  focn  my  nns  ariie— ■ 
'And  fcatch  th'  heav'nly  fcene  away 
From  theie  lamenting  eyes  ! 
When  thali  the  time,  dear  Jefus,  when 

The  mining  day  appear,         _ 
That  1  mould  leave  thofe  cloue*  or  lina 
And  guilt  and  aarknefs   here? 
I  Up  to  the  fields,  above  the  ikies, 
My  haftv  feet  would  go—-  - 
Thst-e  everlaft-irig  rlow'rs  anfe, 
And  j  oy  s  un wi df ring  grow. 

-r       LX,  The  Truth  of  Gbd  the  Promise, 
I  TJRAISE,  everJatting  praife  bepaid    " 

X     To  Him  who  earth's  foundation  laid  * 
I  Praifeto the  God  whofeftrong  decrees 
:  Sway  the  creation  as  he  pleale. 
%  Praife  to  the  goodnefc  of  the  Lord, 
WTho  rules  his  people  by  his  word  ; 
And  there,  as  ftrongas  his  decrees, 
Hefetshiskindeft  piomifes. 
[3   Firm  are  the  words  his  prophets  give— 
Sweet  words,  on  which  his  children  live  : 
Each  of  them  is  the  voice  of  God, 
'  Who  fpake^  and  fp read  the  files  abroad. 
4  Each  of  them  pow'rfulas  that  found 

Which  bid  the  new-made   heav'ns  go  round 
And  ftronger  than  the  folid  poles 
:  On  which  the  wheel  of  nature  rolls.] 
e  Whence  then  ihculd  doubts  and  fears  arifg, 
Why  trick3 ling  forrows   drown  cur  eyes  ? 
Slowly,  alas',  our  mind  receives 
The  comforts  which"  our  Maker  gives. 
6  Oh,  for  a  firong  a  Iafting  faith, 
To  credit  what  th'  Almighty  faith  ! 
T' embrace  the  meffage  of  his  Son, 
And  call  the  joys  ofheav'n  our  own, 
j  Then.,  mould  the  earth's  old  pillars  ihak?: 
Aud  .all  the  wheels  of  nature  break  $ 
Our  fteady  fouls  £hall  fear  no  more 
TJsan  folid  rocks  when  billows  ro^r, 
S  4 


X 


:**  H  r  M  Jff  s    a  N  D  z*iz, 

Our  everlafting  hopes  arife 
A/oove  the  ru'mable  fkief  j 
Where  the  eternal  Builder  re'gns, 
And  his  own  courti  his  pow'r  fuirains. 

LXL   A  Thought  of  Death  ar.d  Gl&ry. 
I    TV  /FY  foul,  come,  meditate  the  day, 
J VI    And  think  how  near  it-frands, 
When  thou  mut  leave  thishouie  orclavj 
And  fly  to  unknown  lands 
{%  And  you.,  mine  eyes*  look  down  and  view 
The  hollow  gaping  tomb  ; 
This   gloomy  prifsn  waits  for  vou, 
Whene'er  thefummons  come. 
J  Oh  !    could  we  die  with  thofe  who   die> 
And  piac;  us  \\\  their  itead  ; 
Then  would  our  fpirits  learn  to  fly, 
And  con  verfe  with  the  dead. 
4  Then  flinuld  we  fee  the  faints  above 
Jn  their  own  glor'ous  forms, 
And  wonder  why  our  fouis  mould  love 
To  dwell  with' rrort a!  worms  : 
5*  How  we  fhould  fcorn  thefe  cioaths  of  flefh," 
Thefe  fetters  and  this  load  ; 
And  long,  for  ev'ning  to  undrefs, 
T'.i  t  we  may  reit  with  God- 
6  We  fhould  almoft  forfake  our  clay 
Before  the fummons   come  ; 
And  pray,  and  wiih  our  fouls  away 
To  their  eternal  hoive. 

LX  II.    G?d  the  Thunderer  : Or,  The  lafi  Judg;»m> 

and  Hell,   * 
2    OING  to  the  Lord,  ye  heav'nly  hoits, 
C3   And  thou,  O  earth,  adore  : 
Let  dearb.  and  hell,  thro'  all  their  coarV, 
Stand  trembling  at  his  pov,*'rr 
z    His  founding  chai'ot  {hakes  the  iky 
He  makes  the  clouds  Kiis  throne? 
There  all  his  £oies  of  lightening  lie, 
'TiHvengeance  darts  them  down. 
j  His  noftrils  breathe  our  fiery  ilreains— 

And  from  his  awful  tongue 
-  A  fovVeign  voice  divides  tht;  flames 

And  thunder  roars  along  ! 
£  Think,  O  my  foul,  the  dreamful  day 
When  this  incenfed  God 

*  Mad,'  in  a  great  fud.!?n  Scrrn  of  Thunder,  ftjigufe 
2^6a,  16117, 


It.  8PI%  IT  UAL    SON  GS. 

Shall  rend  trie  iky,  and  bum  thefea, 

Aiw^fiing  'his  "wrath  abroad  ! 
Wh-it  mail  the  wretch,  thefinner  do  > 

He  Once  defy' d  the  Lord  ; 
But  he  fhall  dread  the  Thund'rer   now, 

And   iink  beneath  his  word, 
Hempefts  of  angry  fire  mal!  rail 

I  o  blaS  the  rebel  rjrm  j     -  J 
And  beat  upon  his  naked  foul 
■Uj  one  eternal  itorrji.  .        -  =    - 


P 


LXHI.  A  Funeral  Thought. 

I  4R.S!   from  the  tombs,  a  doleful  found, 
u  £  My  e*r&  attend  the  cry — 

are  J'v.ngmen,,*  >.-n<5,  view  the  ground 
-Wh^reyoumu:t  mortly  lie.    '    ,-  ^ 
•  Princes  this  day  muft  be  your  bed, 
^  In  lpj  te  of  all  your  tv-w'rs  ;      *•..;-•- 
'  «?  tefel1'  th~  "vife>  the  rev'rend  head 
Mm-  lie  as  low  ao  our's.        .     "     - 

Great  G.Ar,is'tvas  our  certain  doom  .* 

And   are  we  ftijl  fecure  ' 
Stiji  waiting  <3OVvrfw,vrd3  to  our  tomb3 

And  yet  prepare  no  more  !     '■    '■:  ■      -■  -. 
Grant  u,  the p^rs  (>f  quj£k  nlnggracQ 

To  fit  oar  iou's   to  fly*  °=    ".  ». 

ltie"'7»B  we  drop  this  dying  fiefli, 

•We  ;1  rue  above- the  fey.     - 

LXiY.    God  the  Glory  and  Defence  o/Zion* 
f-J *f!f  *  thechuvch,  thou  facred  place, 
*J  .  1  ne  feat  of  thy  Creator's  grace  ; 
Thjnehoiy  courts  arc  his   abodes     ' 
Thou  earthly  pa  aceof  our  God. 
Thy  walls  a^e  ftrengtfa,  and  at  thy  ^te% 
A  gu.rd  of  heav'nJyVarriors  wains'-         * 
W  mail  thy  deep  foundations  move!  ■ 
fix  d  on  his  counfthi,  and- his  love,    , 
rby  foes  in  vain  def! gnse ngage:     '    * 
^mvVhis  throne  iif varn  rhey We  • 
s-jfoenfing  waves,  with  inmtnSr1 

Whichda/handkupon^e-C9    " 
i-»-n    let  ?ur  foUh  in  Zion.  dwelj 

NoweartnevvvathofRomeorueiJ 
«'s  arm3  embrace  tfns  happy  giound, 
-i-<-  brazsn  bulwarks  built  around. 
^,3l.„rih;./i.i.ani    God  our  fyn  . 

»  *<*stfte  Hf:ctmg,momentsrun, 
-Ji  us  ne   <ft?ds   new  beams  of  grare, 
■iHd  we  rerlecl:  his  brighter!  pratis  "•  -■ 


l*S  H  T  M  N  S     A  N  D  2.  \%. 

EXV.   The  Hops  of  Heaven  our  Support'under  ^Trials  s» 
Earth. 

1  "\^7"HEM  I  can  readmy  tlf-!c   dear 
T \y .    To  man!:on:.  in  the  iki  s, 
I  bid  farewell  to  ev  ry  fear 
And  wipe  my  weeping  eyes, 
a  Should  e  rth  againft  mv  foul  engage, 
A_n.jheli>ih  darts, be  hu.Td, 
Then  1  can  fmile  at*Satan\s  rage, 
And  face  a  Frownfng  world. 

3  Let  carsi,  like  a  wild  deluge,  ;orae, 

And.  ftorms  or*  for  row  fad  ; 
May  I  butfafely  reach  my  home, 
My  God,  my  heav'n,  my  all. 

4  There  /hall  I  bathe  my  weary  foul 

In  feas  of  heav'nly  reft 
V-And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  toll 
Acrois  my  peaceful  breast. 

LX  VI.     A'profpeg  of  heaven  mdkes  Death  tafo, 

t  'T^HERr.  is  a  lend  of  pure  ddight,  j 
A    _    Wn.re  faints  immortal  reign  J 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night, 
And  pleafures  banim  pain. 
8  There  everlafting  fpring  abides,^ 
And  never  with'ring  flow'rs  : 
-Desth.  like  a  narrow  fea,  divides 
This  heav'nly  la'nd  from  ours. 
3  Sweet  nelds,  beyond  the  fwelling  flood, 
Stand  dreftl/i  living  green  : 
So,  to  the  jews,  old  Canaan  flood, 
While  Jordan  roird  between. 
4.  But  tim'rous  mortals  ftart  and  flirlnk, 
To  crofs  this  narrow  {c3, 
And  linger,   ihiv'ring  on  the  brink, 
Thro'  fear  to  launch  away. 

5  Oh  !  could  we  make  our  doubts  remove, 

Thefe  gloomy  doubts  that  rife— • 
And  fee  the  Canaan  which  we  love} 
With  unbeclouded  eyes. 

6  Could  we  but  climb  where  mofes  Hood, 

And  view  the  land  {kip  o'er  ; 
No   J  >rdan'fi  ftreams,  nor  death's  cold  flood, 
Should  fright  us  from  the  ihore. 


•G 


LX  VI  I.     Gild's  Eternal  Demwitm. 

IE  AT  God  !   how  infinite  art  thou  * 
What  worthlefs  worms  are  we  ! 


II.  SPIRITUAL    S0NGS.  S?? 

Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  bow,     ...  Ok 

And  pay  their  praife  to  Thee, 
Thy  throne  eternal  ages  ftoo'd,, 

E'er  Teas  or  ftars  were  made'. 
Thou  art  the  ever-living  God, 

Were  all  the  nations  dead. 
Nature  and  time  quite  naked  lie 

To  thine  immenfe  furvcy, 
From  the  formation  of  the  iky, 

To  the  great  burning-day. 
Eternity,  with  all  its  years, 

Standi  prefent  in  thy  view  ; 
I    To  Thee,  there1?  nothing  old  arVars™ 

Great  God!    there's  nothing  new, 

3  Our  Jives  thro' var'ous  fcenes  are  drawn, 
(  And  vex'd  with  trifling  cares  ; 

-While  thine  eternal  thought  moves  on 
Thine  undifturh'd  affairs. 
6  Great  God  !  how  infinite  art  Thou  1 

What  worthie'fs  worms  are  we  ! 
'f  Let  the  whole  :  ace  nt  creatures  bow, 
And  pay  their  praife  to  Thee. 

LXVIIT.— The  humble  IVorjhip  of  Heave»>—~ 

5  T^  ATItJER,  I  Jong,  I  faint  to  fee 
P--      The  plsce  of  th'ne  abode  ! 
i '^  feave  thy  earthly  courts,  and  dee 
Up  to  th'y  feat,  my  Ljo.i. 
S  Hej-e  T  behold  thy  diftant  fa.oe, 
And  'tis  a  pleating  fight  ; 
But  to  abide  tr.  thine  embrace, 
3s  infinite  delight. 
%  I'd  part  with  all  the  Joys  of  feme, 
To  gase  upon  thy  throne; 
Pleafu'-eTprings  fern  for  ever  thence, 
Unlpeakable,  unknown. 

4  There  all  the  heav'nly  hefts  are  feen, 

In  mining  ranks  they  move  ; 
And  drink  immortal  vigor  in 

With  wonder,  and  with  love.     '- 

5  Then,  at  thy  feet,  with  awfuj  fear, 

Th'  adoring  arnves  fall  ; 
"With  joy  theyfhrinkto  nothing  there, 
Before  th'  eternal  ALL. 
%  There  would  I  vie  with  all  the  ho-ft 
)n  duty,  and  in  blifs  ; 
While  left  than  nothing  Icould  boaft, 

*  And  -vanity  confels.  '    *  I/a,  xl,  17. 

f  The  more  thy  glories  frrike  mmeeyeSj 
I     The  humbler  i  ft  a  11  He  3 


23?  HT  M  N  S     A  H  D  \ 

'  Thus,  while  1  fink,  my  joy:  (hall  r.ie 
{j r nmsafurably  high. 

LXI X .      Tbe  FcntkfuheU  of  G'od  in  the  Prcn-ifis. 

1    QEGIN,  'my  tongue^  H ■iv:   heay'nly  theme. 
X)     Andfpeak.  fome  bound  lei's   -hjng^ 
The  migirty  works,  or  might'er  name 
Of  our  eternal  Kin;;, 
a  Tui  of  his  wond'rous  fartHlulnafs, 
Anil  found  his  pow'r  abroad  ', 
Sing  the  t'weet  promife  of  his  grace, 
And  the  pei  forming  Jod. 

3  Proclaim  falvation,  frJTOi  the  Lordj 

For  wretched  eying  men  : 
H'c  hana  ha'  writ  the  (acred  word 
Wich  an  immortal  pen. 

4  Engrav'd  as  in  eternal  brafs,  . 

The  mighty  promife  mines  : 
Nor  can  the  po\v\  s  of  rkrkaeis  rafe 
Thofe  ever afting  I5n<  s, 

5  He,  who  can  dam  whole  worlds 'to  deaths 

And  make  them  when  he  pieafe  :. 
But  fpeaks— -an  i  that  A.nvghiy  breath 
Fu  fVs  his  great  decrees* 
C  ills  very  word  of  gf.ee  is  ftrong 
Asrhat  which  built  the  flcies  : 
The  vosce,  which  ioU's  the  ftar  along, 
Speaks  all  the  promife s, 
7  He  faid— Let  the  lutd&beani'n  befpread. 
And  beaV'n  was  ttretchM  abr  >ad  j 
Ahra'-m — Til  be  thy  God — he  laid— 
And  he  was  Abra  m :s  God. 
3  Oh,  might  I  hear  thine  ht-av'nly  tongue 
But  whifper —thou  art  mine  ! 
Thofe  gentle  words  fkouid  raife  my  for g 
To  notes  aimoft  iivjne, 
9  How  would  my  leaping  hea-t  rejoice, 
And  think  my  heav'n  fecafe  ! 
X'd  truft  the   all-creating  voice, 
.  And  feith  dulires  no  more. 

LXX.     Gofi  Dominion  over  the  Sea,  Pfalm  cvii. 
z   •">  OD  of  the  fea-,  th\  thun  thing  voice 

VT   Makes  all  the  r  r>«    " 

Ana  one  foft  word  of  thy  command, 

Can  link  them,  fibnt,  in  the  fand. 
a  If  but  a  Mofcs  wave  thy  rod, 
•.The fea  divides  and  owns  its  God  ; 

Thy  ftormy  fioojs  their  maker  kneur, 

A  ad  lei  his  chofen  armlet  thi  >ukh. 


,     .  .   ,  ■  -,         - 

B,  II*  SPIRITUAL    SON&S.  5#^ 

3  The  fcaly  flocks^  am  it? ft  tire  tea, 

To  Thee,  their  Lord,  a  tribute  pay'-: 
The  meaner!  ilfh  wlfccii  iwims  the  flood, 
Leaps  up,  and  means  a  praife  toGc*. 

4  The  larger  monfters  of  thedeep>7 

On  thy  commands  attendance  keep  i 

By  thy  permsi/Iion  fport  and  play,     ^ 

.  And  cleave  along  their  to airing  v,'ay3 

5  If  God  his  voice  of  t?ropeft  rears, 
Levi  achag-lies. /till   and  fear?  ;■. 
Anon  he  lifts  his  noftrils  hi*h,  * 

I    And  .fpouts  the  ocean  to  the  fky°    • 

6  How  is   thy  gjor'ous  pow'r  ador'd 
Amid  ft  the  fe  wat'ry  nations;   Lcrd-5 
Yet  the  bold  men  who  crace  the  feasf,- 
Bol  !  man  refufe  their  barkers  praiie. 

7  Wh a t  ^enes  of  miracles   they  fee, 
And  ;iever  tune  a  torts,  to  Tnee  $ 
While  on  the  floaj  they  fafely  ride, 

I  They  curfe  the  hand  which  fmooths  the  tide. 

8  Anon  they  plunge  in  wa try  graves, 

And  fome  inn  tc death  among  the  waves  : 
Yet  theiurwpving  crew  blafpheme, 
,,Nor  own  the  God  who  re  I  cu'c   them. 

9  Oh,  for  fome  fi^nal  of  thv  hand. 
Shake  all  the  f  as,  Lord,'ftake  the  land  ' 
Great  Judge  deicend,  left  men  deny    t 
That  there's  a  G^d  who  rues  the  fkv. 

LXXf.     Praife  to  God  from  all  Creaturez, 

1  '  I  *HE  S1.or'esof  my  Maker,  God, 
i.        My  joyful  voice  mail  ring, 
And  call  the  nations  to  adore 
I      Their  Former,  and  their  King. 
%  'Twas  his  right  hand  which  fhao^d  our  ciay, 
And  wrQught  this- human  frame  ; 
But  from  his  < ,wq  imrn-d'ate  breath 
>Our  nobler  fpirits  came. 
3  We  bring  our  mortal  pow'rs  to  God, 
And  worfhip  with  our  tongues  ; 
We  claim  fome  kindred  with  the  fides,  / 

I     And  join  th1  angelic. fongs. 
$  Let  grov'ling  hearts,  of  ev  ry  mape, 
And  fowls,  of  ev'ry  wing 
And  rocks,  and  trees,  and  fires,  and  fe.as 
Their  var'ous  tribute  bring, 
$  Ye  planets,  to  his  honor  fame  y 
And  wheds  of  nzims.  re)]  / 


Ho  BYMNSANb  B9  II 

Praifehim  in  yourunweary'd  courfe 
Around  the  fteady  poie.' 
6  The  brightnefs  of  our  Maker's  name 
The  wide  creation  rl!is 
And  his  unbounc'e  I  grandeur  flies 
Beyond  the  heav'nly  hilis. 

LXXIi.     The  LordVDay  :    Or,    Ibe  refurremon  of 
'  Chrift. 

t   T)LEST  morning,  whofe  voung  dawning   ray% 
X>_     Beheld  our  rifing  God  '$ 
Which  law  him  triumph  o'ex  the  dull, 
And  leave  his  laft  abode. 
*  In  the  cold  p.  Hon  of  a  tomb 
The  dead  Redeerner  lay  ; 
'Till  the  rev  jiv'mg  ikies  had  brought 
The  third,  eh'  appointee  day. 

3  Heil,andthe  grave,  unite  their  force 

To  hold  our  God  in  vain  ; 
The  fieeping  Conqueror  arofe, 
And  burft  their  feeble  chain. 

4  To  thy  g.eat  name,  almighty  Lord, 

Thefe  fa  Cred  hours  we  pay ; 
And  loud  Kofannas  /hall  proclaim 
The  triumph  of  the  day. 

5  Salvation  and  immortal  praife 

T/o  our  y;c?:or'ous  King  \ 
Let  hexv'n,  and  earth,  and  rocks,  and  fe*3» 
With  glad  Hofannas  ang. 

LXXIIL     Doubts  fcartered. — *• 

HENCE,  from  my  foul,  fad  tho'ts,  be  gone, 
Aad  leave  me  to  myjoys  ; 
My  tongue  mail  triumph  in  my  God, 
And  m  a ke  a  j  o y  f u  1  n oile . 
2,  Darknefs  and  doubts  had  veild  my  mind, 
And  drowifd  my  head  in  tears  ; 
'Till  fov'reign  grace  with  mining  rays, 
Difpeil'd  my  gloomy  fears 
3  On,  what  immortal  joys  i  felt, 

And  raptures,  ail  divine— 
.  When  Jeius  told  me — /  %v<ts  hi*. 

And  my  bzloved  mine  I 
%  In  vain  the  tempter  frights  my  foul, 
And  breaks  my  peace,  in  v.tin  ; 
'  One  g'ympfe,  dear  Saviour,  or  thy  £»6£j 
f      Revives  mj  joys  again. 


I 


— -LXXIV.      A  Cowblair.t  of   Ingratitude,- 

S  this  the  kind  return, 

And  thefe  the  thanks  we  ewe,5 


i.  rr.        sp  ir  iruAz    songs. 

Thus  to  abufe  eternal  iove, 
Y/hence"  all  our  bleffmgs  flow. 
%  To  what  a  ft  ul.  born  frame 
Has  fin  "reduc'd  cur  mind 
What  ftrange  rebellious  wr  etchss  We, 
And  God— as  ftrang%y  kind  ! 
3  On  .us,  he  bids  the  fun 
Shed  his  reviving  rays  5 
For  us  thefldes  their  circles  runi, 
To  lengthen  out  our  days.  , 
$  The  b rute's  obey  their  God, 

And  bow  their  necks  to  men  :    . 
But  we,  more  bafe>  more  brutiih  things, 
Rejedl  hia-eafy  reign.  V 
J  Turn,  turn  us,  mighty  God,  ,     k 

And  mould  our  fouls  afrefh  : 
Break,  fov'reign  grace,  thefe  hearts  of  fton% 
And  give  us  hearts  of  fleih. 
6  Let  old  ingratitude    _,; 

Provoke  our  weeping  eyes  5 
And  hourly,  as  new  mercies  fall, 
Let  hourly  thanks  ariie- 

"LXXV.     The  beatific  Sigbi  of  Ghrift. 
1  ',  '  V.     ..*    >• 

FROM  Thee,  my  God,  my  joys  mall  rifej, 
And  run  eternal  rounds  1 
Beyond  the  limits  of  the _/kiesa 
And  all  created  bounds. 
ft  The  holy  triumphs  of  my  foul 
Shall  death  itfelf  outbrave, 
Leave  dull  mortality  behindj 
And  fly  beyond  the  grave. 

3  There  where  -my  bleffed  Jefus  reigns, 

In  he'av'nVunmeafuv'd  fpace, 
I'll  fpend  a  long:  eternity 
In  pleafure  and  in  prarfe. 

4  Millions  of  years  my  wond'ring  eyes 

Shall  o'er  thy  beauties  rove, 
And  endle'fs  ages,  I'll   adore 
The  glories  of  thy  love, 

5  Sweet  jefus  !  ev'ry  fmile  of  thine 

Shall  frefk  endearments  bring, 
And  thoufand  taftes  of  new  delights 
~      From  all  thy  graces  fpring. 
6>  Hade,  my  bebved,  fetch  my  loul 
Up  to  thy  b'eft  abode  : 
Flyr  for  my  fpirit  longs  to  fee 
My  Saviour,  and  my  Gpd. 

ti 


ni  X  Y  ik  N  S     A  N  li  E.  It 

LXXVI.     Refurreahn  and  Afce-nfion  of  Ch?ifi". 

1  TTOSANNrA  to  the  Prince of  light, 
O      Who  cloth'd  himfelf  in  clay  j 
Enter' d  the  iron  gates- oi  death, 

.      -And  tote  the  bars  away.    . 

2  Death  is  no  more  the  king  of  dread, 

Since  our  Emanuel  rofe  $ 
He  took  the  tyrant's7  fting  away, 
And  fpoil'd  our  hellifh  foes.'  J 

3  See,  how  the  Conqueror  mounts  alof- 

vAnd  to  his  Father  f'es  !         ^ 
With  fears .o.'  honors  in  his  flejh, 
And  triumph  In  his  eyes. 

4  There  our  exalted  Saviour  reipns. 

And  fcatters  bleffings  down  .3 
Our  Jefus  fMs  the  middle  feat 
Of  the  ccieftial  throne 

5  Raifeyour  devotion,  mortal  tongues, 

To  reach  th'S  blefs'd  abode  ,- 
Sweet  be  the  accent  of  ^ouf  fongs  . 
To  our  incarnate  Gcd. 

6  Bright  angels,  ftrike  your  loUi'eft  firings;, 

fYour  fweeteil  voices  raife  } 
Let  heav'n,  and  all  Created  things, 
S'bund  our  Emanuel's  praife. 

LXXVII.     The   GM$vto9Perfitrf. 

I   QTAND  up,  my  foul,  tftaLebff  thy  fearsj 
,    O   And  gird  the  gofpcl-irmor  on  } 

Ma^li.to  the  gates  of  en  lie  is  joy, 

Where  thy  great  Captain-Saviour's  gone 
t  Hell,  and  thy  fins  refill  thy  couife  } 

But  hell  and  fin  are  panquiiVd  foes  ; 

Thy  Jeius  nail'd  them  to  the  crols, 

And  fang  the  triumph  when  he  rofe. 
j  Whattho1  the  prince  of  darknefs  i9g*9 

A.nd  wafte  the  fury  of  his  fpite  K 

Eternal  chains  confine  Htn  dowa 

To  fiery  deeps  and  endlefs  night. 
L  What  though  thine  inward  lulls  rebel  r4 

'Tisbut  artrugaling  gaf>  for  life  ; 

The  weaoonsof  vi&or'ous  grace 

Shall  flay  thy  fins,  a#rt;end  the  rtrlfc. 
*  Then  let  my  foul  march  boldly  on,   . 

Prels  forward  to  the  he  avV.ly  gr.te.5- 

There  peace  and  joy  eternal  reign., 
And  glictVing  ro'jes  f.-<  co.  iqtt'rors  wait. 
''There  /hall. I  wear  a  ftar.y  crown, . 

'.r:'  t-i'tmph  \n  almighty  gi:aoe  j 


#/«.  SPIRITUAL    S0Nx?3.  *& 

'"While  all  the  armies  of  the  fkies 
Join  in  my  glor'ous  Leader's  praife. 

LXXVIIh     Redemption  by  Chrirt. 

£  %  H  THEN  the  firft  parents  of  our  ra 

;,    W       RebelUa, 'and  loft  their  God, 

And  the  infefiion  of  their  fin    •     -~' : 

Had  tainted  ail  our  blood. 
Infinite  pity  touch'd  the  heart 

Of  the  eternal   Son  ; 
Defending  fro Ti-the  heavenly  court, 
-  He  left  his  Father's  throne.  V. 

§  Afide  the  Prince  of  glory  threw 
His  nicft  divine  array   : 
And  wrap.p'.d  his  Godhead  in  a  veil 
Of  our 'infer' ©r  clay. 
4  Kis  living  pow?r,  and  dying  love, 
Redeem'd  unhappy  men  ; 
Andrais'd-the  miss  or  our  race 
To  life  and,God  again/ 
■i?  To  thee,  dear  Lord,  ayrtflefh.and  fouf 
\Ve  joyfully  refign  ?  -.  "'"  " 
;  Bleft  Jefus,  take  us  -ib  r*hy  own 
For  we  are  doubly  thine.      ■'■  Js.  , 
6  Thine  he  nor  mall  forever  be 
The  bus'nefs  of  tmr  day?,  -  - 
Forever  lhal)  our  thankful  tongues 
Speak  thy  deferved  praife.    s.-  -* 

LXXIK.     P/aifi  to  the  Redeemer. 

2  T^LUNG'D  in  a  gulph  of  dark  defpairg 
,.JL\  We,  wretched  fmhers,  lay  ; 
WitJhout  cnechearful  beam  of  hope, 
Or  fpark  of  gHmnVringday. 
2  With  pit'ing  eyes,  the  Pnnce  of  grace 
Beheld  our  helplefs  grief ; 
He  faw—  and  (O  amazing  love  '}, 
He  ran  to  our  relief.  I  ,-\  \ 

*  Down  from  the  fhining  feats  above. 
::|    With  loyful  hate  he  fled  ^ 

Enter' d  tne-gpave-  in  -mortal  iiem, 
And  dwelt  among  the  dead.  ;     : 
a  He  fpoil'd  the  powrs  of-  darknefs  thii?* 
_,     And  b'-ake  our  iron  chains  5       . 
Jefus  has  freed  our  captive  fouls, 
Fromeverlafting  pains. 


§  In  va'n  the  baffled,prince  of  hell 
%    His  curfed  proje£s  tries  j  .  -^ 


114  HYMNS     AND  B,  H. 

"IVe,  who  were-  doorrTd  his  endlefs  flaves 
.Are  rais'd  above  the  Ikies. 

6  Oh  !    for  this  love,  let  rocks"  and  hills 

Their  lifting  iilence' break, 
And  ail  harmonious  human  tongues, 
The  Saviour's  praifes  fpeak. 

7  Yes — we  will  praife  Thee,  deareft  Lord, 

.Our  fouls  are  all  on  flame  ; 
Hoianna.  round  the  fpacious  earth, 
To  thine  adorer  name  ! 
§  Angels,  affift  our  mighty  joys, 
Strike  all  your  harps  of  gold  ; 
'  But  when  you  raife  your  higheft  notes 
His  love  can  ne'er  Be  told. 

LXXX:      God's  aivful  P Giver  and  Gccdntfs* 

I   /~\H'   the  almi-hty  Lord  ! 

\_J     How  matchlefsis  his  pow'r  ! 
:Trembfe,  O  earth,  beneath  his  word, 
While  all  the  heav'ns  adore. 
*  Let  proud  imperious  kings 

Bow  low  before  his  throne  ! 
Crouch  to  his  feet,  ye  haughty  things, 
Or  he  lhaJJ  tread  ye  down* 

3  Above  theftcies  he  reigns, 

And,  with  amazing  blows. 
He  deals  infufferabie  pains 
On  his  rebellious  foes. 

4  Yet,  everlaftihg  God,. 

We  love  to  fpeak  thy  prai  fe, 
Thy  iceptre's  equal  to  thy  rod, 
The  fceptre  of  thy  grace. 

5  The  arms  of  mighty  love 

Defend  our  Zion  well  ; 
And  heavenly  mercy  walls  us  round 
From  Babylon  snd  hell. 

6  Salvation  to  the  King 

Who  fits  enthroned  above  : 
Thus  we  adore  the  God  of  might, 
And  blefs  the  God  of  love. 

LXXXL     Our  fin  the  caufe  of  Cbrtfi\i  death. 


A 


ND  now  the  fcales  have  left  mine  eyes, 
.  jl     Now  I  begin  to  fee  : 
Oh,  the  curs'd  deeds  my  fins  have  done  ! 

What  mu-d'rous  things  they  be  ? 
Were  thefe  the  traitors,  deaieft  Lord, 
Which  thy  fair  body  tore  ? 


J.  II.  S  P  IRirUAL    SONGS*  nt 

^Monfters,  that  ftaTn'd  tbofe  heav'nly  limbs 

With  floods  of  purpie'gore? 
5  Was/it  fir  crimes  which  I  had  done, 
My  deareft  Lord  was  flain  ; 
Whenjuftice  feiz'd  God's  only  Son, 
And  put  his  foul  topain  ?  . 
$.  Fergivemy  guilt,  O  Prince  of  peace  ? 
-I'll  wound  my  God  no  more  • 
Hence,  from  my  heart,  ye  fins,  begone, 
For  Jefus  1  adore. 
5  Furnim  me,  Lord,  with  heav'nly  arms 
From  graces  magazine; 
And  I'll  proclaim  eternal  war 
Withev'ry  daring  (in. 

LXXXIJ. — Redemption,   and  ProteEiion  from  Sp'iritveil 
Enemies. 

l     A   RISE,  mv  foul,  my  joyful  pow'rs, 
_/"\      And  triumph  in  my    God; 
Awake,  mv  voice,  and  loud  proclaim 
H'sglor'o-iT  grace  abroad. 
a  Herais'dme  from  the  deeps  of  fin, 
I      The  gates'  of  gaping  bell  ; 
And  fiVd  my  ftanding  more  fecure 
Than  'twas  before  I  fell.    . 
g  The  arms  of  everlafting  love 
•Beneath  my  foul  he  plac/d, 
"And,  on  thejrock  of'.ages.   fet 
My  flipp'ry  fcotftep's  fall. 
£  The -city  of  my  blefs'd  abode 
Is  wall'd  around  with  grace  ; 
*  Salvation,  for  a  bulwark,  irands 
To  fhield  the  facre.i  place. 

5  Satan  may  vent  his  marpefr.  fpite, 

.And  all  his  leadoos  rear  ; 
""Almighty  mercy  guards  my  life, 
And  bounds  his  raging  pow*r> 

6  Arife,  my  foul,  awake   m\  voice, 

And  tunes  of  pleafure  ling  : 
Xoud  haleliujah's  fhali  addrefs 
My   Saviour,  and  my  King. 

LX  XXIII.      The  Pajfiim  and  Exahathn  of  Cbrtfk 

J  npHUS  faith  the  Ruler  of  the  /kies^ 

J[        "  Awake,  my  dreadful  fwctrd  j 

Awake,  my  wrath,  andfmite  the  man, 

My  fellow  (faith  the  Lord.) 

ft  Vengeance  received  the  dread  comrHaiid, 

Aid,  armed,  down  fhe  flie§  j 


juS  HYMNS     AND  B. 

•>  Jefus  fubmitst'-his  Father's  h-nd, 

-  And  bows  his  head,  and  dies. 

§  But,  oh  !  thewifdom,  and  the  grace 
Which  join  with  vengeance  now  !- 
He  dies  to  fave  cur  guilty  race, 
At>d  yet  he  rifes  .too. 
$  A  Perfon,  fo  divine,  was  he, 
Who  yielded  to  be  flain. 
That  he  could  give  his  foul  away,  * 

And  take  his  life    again. 
5  Live,  glor'ous  .Lord,  and  reign  on  high} 
Let  ev'ry  nation  ling. 
And  angels   found  with  eivilefs  joy, 
The  Saviour,  and  the  'King 

'   \ — LXXXIV.     Tbefame.—^ 

I   /^OME,  all  harmon'ous  tongues, 
v^i-  Your  n,cbleft  mufic  bring  ; 
'Tis  Chrift  the  Ever! afting  God,      * 

-  And  Ghriil,  the  man,    we  ling. 
%  Tell  how  he  took  our  .fleih, ... 

To  takeaway  our  gu lit  J 
Sing  the  dear  drops  of  feci  ed    blood, 

Which  helinh  aaonfters  fpilt. 
{3   Alas  !    the  cruel  fpear  - 

Went  deep  into  his  ride  ; 
And  the  rich  flood  of  purple  gore» 

Their  murd'rous  weapons   ry'd'J 
I  4  The  wavesxjf  fwellisg  grief 

Did  o'er  his  bofoia  roll  ; 
And  mountains  of  almighty  Wrath 

Lay  heavy  on  his  foul.] 

5  Down  to  the /hades  of- de ith 

He  bow'd  his  awful  head  ; 

Yet  he  arofe  tolive  anuieign 

When -death  itfeif  is  deaa.  ■ 

6  No  more  the  bloody  fpear  :  "  . 

*<      The  croft,  and  nails  no  more  ; 
For  hell,  itfelf.  fliakes  at   his name^ 
A.nd  all  the  heav'ns  adore.  ^ 

There  the  Redeemer  fits 

High  on  his  Father's  throne  ;• 
Th":  Father  lays  his  vengeance  ty> 
And  fmiles  upon  his  Son. 
%  There  his  full  glories  fhine 
With  uncreated  rays  \ 
And  blefs  his  faints  and  angels  eye3 
To  everlaiting  days. 


II,  SPIRITUAL    SONGS.  tzf 

LXXXViMMier®  qf&brifon, 

W'  HV  does' ytfur  face,  ye  humble  fouls^ 
Thofe  mournful  colours  wear  ? 
What  doubts -are  tbefe  which  wafie  your  faith 

And-nounfh  yo«f  .<aifpair*?     / 
What  though  your  njum'rcus  fins   exceed 

Thenars  which  fi'l  thefkiev 
Xnd'j  ainiisg  at  the  eternal  throne, 

Like  pointed  mountains  rife  ? 
What  though  your  mighty  guilt   beyond 

The  wide  creation  fweil 
And  has  its  curs'd  foundations  laid 

Low  as  the  depths  of  hell  ? 
See  here  an  endlefs  ocean  flow's 
-Of  never-f aili ng  grace  ! 
Behold  a  dying  Sat-iour's  vein? 
The  facred  flood  iricreafe  ! 
i  Jt  riles  high  and  drowns  the  hills, 
\  'T  has 'neither  fhore  nor  bound  s 
Now  if  we  fearch  to,  find  our  fins, 
Our  fins  cah  ne'er  be  found, 
I  Awake,  our  hearts,  adore  the  grace 
Which  buries  all  our  faults, 
And  pard'ning  blood,  which  dwells  above 

Our  follies,   and  our  thoughts.  '.-;    :  .       _f 

LXXXV1.   freedom frapijln  and  taifery   in   heavers-, 

OUR' fins,  alas !  how  ftrong  they  be  ! 
And,  like  a  vileot-fea, 
They  break  our  duty,  Lordj  to  thee, 
|      And  hurry  us  avvay.^  :_i 

I  The  waves  of  trouble,*  htw  they  rife  ! 
How  loud  the  tempefts  roar  ! 
But  deathfhall  land  our  weary  fouls 
.      Safe  on  the  heav'nly  fhore.       t 
\  There,  to  fulfil  his  Tweet'  commands, 
Our  fpeedyfeet  fhall  move  ; 
No  fin  fball  clog  our  winged  zeal, 
Or  cool  our  burning    love. 
I  There  ffiall  we  fit,  and  fing,  and  tell 
1  he  wonders  of  his  grace  ; 
'TiHheav'nlv  raptures^ fire  our  hearte, 

And  imile  in  ev'ry  face.    -/_'<• 
For  ever,  his  dear  facred  name; 
Shall  dwell  upbn  our  tongue  5 
Andjefus,    and  falvatkn    be 
The  clofe  of  ev'ry  fong. 

-    LX XX  VII I.  Divine  Glories  above  cur Ueaj^u   * 
1   -|Vj  OW-wondVouSjgreat!  how    glor'ous   biigMI 
O   Ma'ff  our  Creator  be  ! 


$$i  HYMNS      AND 

Who  dwells  amidit  the  dazz'ling  light 
Of  va't  infinity ! 
2  Our  faring  fpirits  upward  rife 
Tow'rd  the  caeieftial  throne  : 
Fain  would  we  iee  the  bielfed  Three, 
And  the  aimightv  Ome. 
g  Our  reafon  fti  etches  all  its  wings, 
And  climbs  abdve  the  fkies  j 
But  ftilj  how  far  beneath  thy  feet 
I        Ourgrovjling  re  a  ("on  lies  ! 
[4,  Lord,  here  we  bend  our  humble  fouls, 
And  awf Oily  adore  : 
For  the  weak  pln'dns  of  our  minds 
Can  ftretch  a  thought  no    more. 
5  Thy  glories  infinitely  rife 

Above  our  lab  ring  tongue  ; 
In  vain  the  higheft  feraph  tries 
To  form  an  equal   fong. 
£6  In  humble  notesour  faith  adores 
The  great  mylter  ous  King, 
While '  arriels  ftrain  their  nobler  pow'rr, 
And  lweep  th*  immortal  firing,  j 

LXXXFIIL  Salvation. 

1  QALVATION'  Oh,  the  joyful  found! 
O   'Tis  pleafure  to  our  ears  j 

A  fov'reign  balm  for  ev'ry  wound, 

A  cord'al  for  oor  fears. 
%  jjury'd  in  forrow  and  in  fin, 

At  hell's  duik  door  we  lay; 
But  we  arife,  by  grace  divine. 

To  fee  a  heav'nly  day. 
«  Salvation  let  theeccko  fly 

The  fpacious  earth  srcund, 
While  alf  the  atmiee  ofthefky 

Confpire  to  raife  the  found. 

LXXXIX.  Chrift's  VLlory  overSn^ 

t   T^OSANNA  to  our  conq'ring  King! 
t.  !    The  prince  of  darknefs   flies 
Hffetrbops  rufh  headlong  down  to  hell, 
Like  Jight'ning  to  the  fkies. 

2  There,  bound  in  chains,  the  lions  roar^ 

And  fright  the  refcuM  fheep  ; 
But  heavy  bars  confine  their  pow'r 
And  malice  to  the  deep 
g  H^fanna  to  our  conq'ring  Kirg, 
All  hail,  incarnace  love  ! 
Ten  thouf.md  fon<',s  and  glories  wr'1*- 
To  crown  thy  hsad"  absvs. 


I  I 

l%.  II.  S  FIR  ITU  A  7,    m  N  C?,  10 

'■H\  Thy  vicVries,  and  thy  deathlefs  fame 
Thro*  thewiaewoild  ihali  run.j 
And  everlafting  ages  ling 
The  triumphs  thou  haft  won. 

XC.  Faith  in Cbrlfi l  for ' pcrderCWnd fcn&jicatifa -. 

HOW    fad  our  ftate,  by  nature,  is  ! 
Our  fijij  how  deep  itftainsi 
And  fatam  binds  our  captive  minds 
Fall  in hisflavim  chains. 
P  But  there's  a  voice  of Tov 'reign  grace 
Sounds  from   the  facredword  j 
Ho  I  ye  defpairlng  Jinners ,  come. 
And  truji  upon  ike  Lord. 

3  My  foul  obeys  th'  Almighty  call, 

And  runs  to'this  relief  j' 
T  wouli  believe  thy  promife,  Lord  j 
Oh  !   help  my  unbelief. 
*\\  To  the  de£r  fountain  of -thy  blood, 
lncainate  -God,  I  mps 
Here  let  me'w.ifcmy  fpo'tted  foui 
From  crimes  of  deeper!  die- 
r5  Stretch  out  thine  arm/victor'ous  FJair 
My  reigning  fins  fubdue  j 
Drive  the  old  dragon,  from  his    feat, 
With  all  his  hellilh   crew. 
-15  A  guilty  weifc,  and  helpjefs  worm 
On  thy  kind  arms  i    fall": 
Be  thou  my  ftrength,  andlright'oufnefsi 
<My  Jefusj  and  my  AH. 

XCI.  'TbeGlcfry  o/Chrift  inH^e% 
^  /^\H,  the  delights-, 'the  heav'njyjoys, 
\^J  The  glories  of  the  place,  • 
Where  Jefus  feeds  thehrightefr  beams 
Of  his  overflowing  grace  ! 
S  Sweet  majefty,  and  awful  love 
Sit  fmilinfc  on  his  brow  j 
And  all  the  glor'ous  ranks  abov^e 
At  humble  dif^ance  bow. 
\l  Princes,  to  his  imper'al  name 

Bsnd  their  bright  lceptres  down  j 
Domin'oas,  thrones,  and  powYs  rejoice 
To  fee  him  wear  the  crown.  ]  • 

4  Archangels  found  his  lofty  praife 

Thro1  ev'ry  heav'nly  ftreet  $ 
And  tey  their  highest  honors  do-iVn 
Submiflive  at  his  feet. 

5  Thofe  foft  thofe  bleffed  feet  of  -^ 

Wkkii  onee  ruie  iron  tore 
V  H 


xfy  'Hymns    a /? ' &  ®.\\ 

High  on  a  throne  of  light  they  ftami 
And  aH  the  faints  adore. 
6?    His  head,  that  dear  roajeftic   head, 
Which  cruel  thorns  did  wound, 
See  what  immortal  glories  mine, 
And  ci^te  it  around  ! 
f  This  is  the  Man  th1  exacted  Man, 
Whom  we,  unfeen,  adore! 
But  when.oureyes  behold  his  face, 
Our  hearts  mall  love  him  more.. 
£8-  Lord  !  how  ourfoujs.  are  all  on  fire 
To  fee  thy  bleft  abode,  j,. 
Our  tongues  rejoice  in- tunes  of  praife 
To  our  incarnate  God  ! 
9^And  while  our  faith  enjoys  the  fight^ 
We  long  to  leave  our  day  ; 
Andwifh  thy  ttty  char'ots,  Lord, 
To  fetch  our  iouls  away. 

XCII*  Tbc-Cburcb  faved,  and  her  Enemies  difafpointed.'' 

Or,  Deliverance  from  Treafon    J 
J   QHOUT  to  the  Lord,  and  let  you)  joys 
j^  Thro'  all  the  nations  run  : 
Yeweftern  fkies  refouhd  the  noifc 
Beyond  the  riling  fun. 

•  Thee,  mighty  God,  our  fouls  admirey 

Thee,  our  glad  voices  fing 
And  join  with  the  ca^eirial  choir, 
To  praife  th*  eternal  King1. 
5  Thy  powvr  the  whole  creation  rules, 
And,  on  the  itarry  Ikies, 
Sits  fmiiing  at  tne  weakdeligns 
Thine  env'ous  foes  devife, 
4  Thy  fcorn  derides  their  feeble  rage. 
And,  with  an  awful  fmwn, 
Flings  vaft  confufion  on  their  plots,. 
And  fhakes  their  Babie  down. 
f'5  Their  fecret  fires  in  caverns  lay, 
.  And  we  the  facrifice.-  v 
But  gloomy  caverns  {trove  ...  vain 
To'fcape  all-fearchingejes.        u 

*  Their  dark  defigns  were  all  reveaPd 

Their  treafons  all  betr'V'd  ^ 

Praife  to  the  Loris  who  broke  the  fnarc* 
Their  cu.fed  hands  had  laid. 
y  In  vain  the  bufy  fons  of  hell 
Still  new  rebeli'ons  try  j 
Their  fouls  mall  pine  with  env"o\is  rage, 
A  nd  vex  away,  and  die. 
H  Almighty  grace  dsfencs  our  la&J 
Y'tbm  their  malicious  ooVr  j 


%   IU  SPIT2-TUAI4     SONGS.  %& 

Let  Zion.with  united  fongs, 
'  Almighty  grace  adore.    ' - 

XCni  r-Godall,  and^r,  all> Pg$ga h$&U  *£* 

r  \  TY  God,  my  life,  my  love, 
JlVI   to  Thee,  to  Thee  I  call. 
I  cannot  live  if  thou  remove  §  '"•-' 
For  thou  art  All  in  AIL        * 
£2  Thy  mining  grace  «aa  Veneer 
•  This  dungeon  Where  I  dwell, 
'Tis  paradife  when"  thou  art  here's 
Jf  thou  d^parf, 'tis  7ieUc  J 
£  1  The  fmilings  of  thy  fa«e/  - 

--.     How  amiable  they   are"^ 
'TiS  heav'h  to  reft  in  thine  embracs^ 
And  no  where  elfe  but  therBi]  """  "'-'■• 
£4  To  The e,  and  Thte  alone,     ■ ' 
^      The  angels  owe  their   blifs  ; 
They  fit  around  thy  gracious^&rQnej 
And  dwell  where  Jefus  is.  * 
£  5  Not  all  the  harp*  above' 

Can  make  a  heav'nly  place? 
If  God  his  refidence  removej    - 
Or  but  conceal  -fiis^  face.}    * 
^  N or  earth,  nor  all  the  iky, 
Can  one  <*eligbt  afford  ;- 
No,  not  a  drop  of  real 'joy, 
Without  thy  pr&fence,  Lord^ 
7  Thou  art  the  fea  of  love, 

Where  all  my  pleasures  roll ; 
The  circle  where  my  paffions  raov^ 
And  centre  of  my  iouh'*        L:.""**^- 
\To  Thee  my  fpitits  fly, 
-    Withreitlefs '  wa/m  defire  ; 
And  yet  how  far  from  Thee  I  He  1 
Dear  Jefus,  raife  mehigh'r. 

XCIV,  God  ng  only Mppmcfi,  Pfalm  bcri>i«-Sjj>, 

I   \  zf  Y  God,  my  oorcion,  and  my  love* 

1VI ^ My «verlailing  All  !       

I've  none  but  Thee  iri  heaVnabove, 
Or  on  this  earthly  >all.{  '  *.«     v* 

\%  What  empty  things  are  all  the  fkiess 
4,     And  this  inter'or  clod  !      *  •      * 

There's  nothing  here  deferves.my  jpys3 
There's  nothing  like  my  God.  J  * 

£5  In  vain  the  bright,  the  burriirig'fun 
'■4'  Scatters  his  feeble  light  ; 
'Tis  thy  ftveet  beams  create  my  noon  ^ 
H  thou  withdraw  'tis  nighu 


I**.  nr-M  N  S   A  AHfc,  %  I?. 

And  whilil  upon  my  rcillefs  bed 

Amon^  the  fnades   I  roll  ■ 
If  my.Rcdeemer  m-ws  his   Stead 

'T'is  m^rn^ng  with  iSify  Tow!. 
c.  To  Thee  I  (iwe  ravwea'th  and  friends,  ^ 

A-nd  health,  and  fafe  abode  ; 
Thanks-to  thy  name  far  meaner  things* 

But  they  are  not  my  G  ;d, 
6  Hovvvoina  toy.is  glirthing  wealth, 

If  once  compar'd  to  Thee  ^ 
Or  what's  my  fafety  or  my  health,  _ 

Qr.ai!  :nv  friends  to  roe? 
7~  Werel'poifeflbr  of  the  earth, 

And  cali'd  the  ft  ^rsmy  own,  ;_ 
Without  thy  graces,  a-nd  thy  Self, 

I  were,  a  wretch  undone. 
&Let  other,  ftfetch  their  navies  like.  feas? 

And  grain  in  an  the  fh.ote  ; 
Grant  me  the  vi fits  of  thy  face, 

And  I  defne  no  more. 

X  VC,     Ifook  on  hurt  ivto  n  th?y  p'9*'&i  cx.l  .*?^^. 

IrNFlNl  TE  grief  !   amazing  woe  ! 
Behold  my  b'tedirg  Lord  5 
Hell  and  the  J>.vs  cbirfpire  his  death,. 
And  afe  the  Roman.fword. 
a  Ob,  the  fharp  p  mgs.of  fmarting  pain 
My  dear  Redeemer  bore, 
When  fcnr.try  whips  and  ragged  thorns, 
His  facred  body  tore  ! 

3  But  knotty  whips  and  ragged.  t"fe cm ^ 

in  vain  do  1  accufe  ; 
In  vain  I  blame  the  Roman  bands, 
And  the  more  fpiteful  Jews. 

4  'Tv/'e-vouj  mv  fms,  my  cruel  fins. 

His  chief  tormento'S  were  ; 
Each  of  my  crime:  became  a.  naih 
Atd  unbelief—vile  ipear. 

5  'Twere  you  that  puil'd  th e  vengeance  down 

Upon  his  guiltle-is  head  : 
Break,  break,  my  heart---  )h,  buril  mine  ejes. 
And  let  my  forrow^s  bleed  1 

6  Strike,  mighty  gr  ce.  rny  flinty  foul, 

'Till  melting  waters  flow  ; 
And  deep  repentane«  drown  mine  sySGj 
In  undjilembl-d  woe  ! 


XC  VI.       Angeh  /unified,  and  Men  faved** 

long  from  'he 
a.n^eis  icij  4 


X  T"\OWM.  headlong  from 'heir  native  ik 
'  XJ.    The  rebel  i 


fc  Ik  3-P 1 -RITUAL-    SON  &$i 

And  thunder-bolts, of  flaming  wrath , 
purfu'd  them  deep. to  hell. 
^  Down  from  the  tfcp  of. e-trfbly  blifs,. 
Rebellous  man  was  hutl'd  j 
And  Jefus.iloojJ  d  beneath  the  grave:, 
To  reach  a.Snking  world. 
3,  Oh.  love,  of  infinite  degrees  !' 
Unraeafurable  grice  ! 
Muft-beav'n's  eternal  darlmg  die^  t 

To  fave  a  traitorous  rac?  ? 
^  Muft  angeis  fink  forever  down, 
And  burn  in  quenchleisfire  j 
While  God  forfakesVis  mining  throne, 
Ta  raife  us,  wrerches  high'r  ? 
5,  Oh,  for  this  love,. let  earth  and  Ikies., 
With  halleluiahs  riof ». 
And  the  fuil  choir  of  human  tongues 
'  Ail  hallelujahs  fing  ! 

-a, .XCVH.s-TA*  feme,-  ....  »■■ 

«,  KmOM heav'n  the  finning  angels  fell, 
'  J?*-.    And  wrath-and?darknels  chain 'd  'em  do4#l 

But  man,  vile,  ma"?  fovilrak  his  blifs, 

And  mercy  lifts. him  to  a  crown  1 
%  Amazing  work  of  fev'reign.  grace, 
N  Which  could  diftinguuh  rebeis  fo  ! 

Our  guilty  treafons  call  d  aloud 

For 'everlifting  fetters  too. 
3-  To  thee,  to  thee,  almighty  Love, 

Ouriouib,  ou.rf  elves,  our  all  we  pay  : 

Millions  of  tongues  ihal!  found  ihy  prai/e 

On  the  bright  bills  of  heav  nly  day. 

— - X CVTI  I  .—Hardncfs  of  Heart,  complained  4&ZL+ 

j   \/f:Y  heart,  how  dreadful  hard  itjs  I 
lVl:     How  heavy  here  it  lies  ; 
Heavy  and  cold  within  my  breaft, 
Jfuft  like-a  rock  o^^  ice  ! 

2,  SIe ,  like  a  raging  tyran  t  fits  , 

Ugpjs'  this  flinty  throne  j 
ArxiW'ry  grace  Ties  bury'd  deep, 
Beneath  this  heart  of  llane. 

3.  How  feldom  do  I  rife  to  God, 

Or  taite  the  joys  above  ! 
This  mountain  preffes  down  myfai^h. 
And  ehiils  my  flaming  love. 
£  When  fmiling  mercy  courts  t&$  foasi 


Vi3  •   h  ?M  N  s  A  N  D  B*  Q 

This  flubborn,  this  relentlefs  thing, 
Would  thruft  it  from  my  arms. 
5  Agalnftthe  thunders  of  thy  word 
R^beU'ous  I  have  ftood  ; 
My  heart,  ft  makes  not  at  the  wrath 
And  terrors  ox  a  God. 
V  Dear  Saviour,  fteep  this  rock,  of  mine 
In  thine  own  crimfon  fea  ! 
None  but  a  bath  or"  blood  divine 
Can  melt  the  ftlnt  away. 

XCIX.     'The  Bock  of  God's  Decree 
'  V 

X   T     ET  the  who!?  race  of  creatures  \lp 
'  JL>      AbaS'd  before  their  God  ;■ 
Whate'er  his  fov'reign  voice  has  form'd 
He  governs  with  a  nod.- 
S  Ten  thoufand  ages  e'er  rhe  fkies 
Were  into  motion  brou0ht  j 
All  the  long  ye-ars  and  worlds  to  conic 
Stood  prelent  to  his  thought. 

3  There's  not  a  fo  arrow,  o>a  worm, 

But's  found  in  his  decrees  x 
Heraifes  rnonarchs-to  rheir  thrones, 
And  (inks  them  as  he  pieafe. 

4  If  light  attend  the  courfe  1  run, 

'Tis  He  provides  thuie  rays  ; 
And  'tii  his  hand  which  bides  my  fun> 
If  darknefs  cloud  my  dayi.  ?  H 

5  Yet  1  would  not  be  much  eoncern'd, 

Nor  vainly  bng  to- fee 
In  volumes  of  hbdeep  decrees, 
What  moAjihs  are  writ  for  me. 

6  When  he  reveals  the  book  of  life, 

Oh,  may  J' read  my  name 
Among  the  chofen  of  his  love, 
The  foll'wers  of  the  Lamb  : 

C.     7be  Preface  of  Cbr'ifi  is  the  L'tfecf  my  SouU 

*    TJ  OW  full  of  angui/h  is  the  thought  ! 
I    '    How  it  diftracts  and  rears  my  heart, 

}f  God,  at  laft,  irfv  fov'rehn  Judge, 

Should  frown,  and  bid  my  foul  depart. 
f  Lord,  when  I  q  i i t  this  earthly  fVage,  " 

Where /hall  I  fly  but  to  thy  breaft  ? 

For  I  have  fought  no  other  home— 

For  I  have  learn'd  no  other  reft. 
0  I  cannot  live  contented  here, 

Without  fome  glympfej  of  thy-  f*ee  ^ 


Wri*  SFlRirUALSONGS. 

An&heav'n,  without  thy  prefence   there, 
Would  be  a  dark  and  t;relcme  place. 

4  When  earthly  cares  engfofs  the  day, 
And  hold  my  thoughts  Sfide  from  Thee  $- 
The  fliining  hours  of  chearfu!  light 
Are  long  and  ted'ous  years  tome. 

5  And  if  no  ev'ning  yiik's  paid  '•>   t 
Between  rny  Saviour. and  my  foulj 
How  duThhe  night,  how  fad  the  Aade5 
How -mournfully  the  minutes  roll.  ^ 

6  Thisfiefh  of  mine  .might  karn  asfoen 
To  live-=yet  part  with  all  my  blood  § 
To  breathe,  when  vital  air  is  gone, 

-   Or  thrive  and  grow  without  my  food. 

7  Chriit  is  my  Light,  my  life,  myeare, 
My  bleffed  hope,  my  heav'nly  prize  \ 
Dearer  than  all  my  paffions are,- 

My  limbs,  my  bowels,  or  my  eyes.  5 

8  Th£  firings  which  tw«re  about  my,  heart, 
Tortures  and  racks  may  tear  them  off  5 
"But  they  can  never,  never  part 

With  the  dear  hold  of  Cbrift  my  love, 
5  My  God  !   and  can  a  humble  child*- , 

Who  laves  thee  with  a  fiame  10  high, 

Be  ever  from  thy  face  exiPd, 

Without  the  pity  of  thine  eye  ?  ,   ;- 
10  Impoflibie  !—  For  thine  own  hands 

Havety'd  my  heart  (0  iait  to  Thee  ; 

And  in  thy  book  the  promifs  fiands?      -  - 

That  where  thou  art,  thy  friends.nmft  be. 

CI.     The  World" s  Three  thief  TembtaUCT 

I  T  XT"  HEN,  in  .the  light  of  faith  divine, 
VV       We  look  on  things  below, 
Honor,  and  gold,  and  fens'al  joy, 
.,   v  How  vain  and  dang'rous  to<n 
£  Honor's  a  puff  of  nplfy  breath  j 
Yet  menexpofe  their  biood,     • 
And  venture  everlafti-ng  death, 
;    •.  To  gainthat  airy  good.    > 
3  Whijft  others  ftarve  the  nobler  mind, 
-•And  feed  on  mining  duft  ; 
They  rob  the  ferpent  of  his  food, 
./T'  indulge  a. fordid  luit. 
%  The  pleafures  which  allure  our  fenfe, 
Are  dang'rous  fnares  to  fouls  ; 
Th^e's  but  a  drop,  of  ftattYing  fweet* 

And  daftfd  with  bitter  bowls, 

<£jodis  mine  ^U-fufEcient  good^ 

Myportioii,  ahdmych&ic^i 


jRt5  *"?  M  N  S     AN  lb  IT.  ff. 

Jn  him  my  vail  deflres  are  fill'd, 

And  all  my  pow*rs  rejoice. 

€  In  vain  the  world  accoits  my  ear, 

And  tempts  my  heart  anew  ; 

3P  cannot  buy  your  biiisfo  dear, 

Nor  part  with  heaVli  for  you. 


CH.     A  happy  -Rejurre&ilfo . 


r?  ^\YO,  I'"  repine  at  death  no  more, 
,  i.Nl    Butj  with  a  v-neartui  gafp  refign 

To  the  cdw  dungeoft  of  the  grave 
Thefe  dying,  with'rlng'limbs  of  mine* 
£  Let  worms  devour  my  wafting  fiefe, 

And  crumble  all  my  bo^es  to  duft, 

Jvly'Gcd  mall  raiferhy  fame^ncw 

At  the  revival  cf  thejuft. 
3  Break,  facved  morning,  th  rough  the  {Rie'&j 

Bring  that  delightful  leered  day  j 

Cut  mort  the  hours,  dear  Lord,  and  come 

Thy  ling'rinp  wheel*  how  long  the)  ftay. 
^  Our  w:ary  fp'.itsfaint'to  fee 

The  light  of  thy  returning  fare  ;  ] 

And  hear  the  language  of  thcfelips 

"Where  God  has  fhed  his  richeft  grate-. 
5  Ha  fie  th?n  upon  the  ivings  of  lovz, 

^.oule  all  the  piousfleeping  ciay  ; 

That  we  may  join  in  hesjv'n'y  joys, 

And  ring  the  ti  iumph  of  th£  day. 

CUL—  Chrift's 'Cewwi$?6«,  John  iii.  l6>  1*7. 

I  f^\  O  M  E,  happy  fouls,  approach  your  Gotf} 
\^j     With  new  melod'oifs  fongsj 
Come,  tender  to  almighty  grace 
The  tribute  of  your  tongues, 
a  So-ftrangc,  fo bound lefs  was  the  love 
Which  pitv'd  dying  men. 
The  Father  fent  his  equal  Son 
To  give  them  life  again. 
3  Thy  hands,  dear  Jefus,  were  not  arfn'fl 
With  a  revenging  rod; 
No  ha/d-commifiioo  to  perform 
The  vengeance  of  *  God. 
3  But  all  was  mercy—all  was  mild— 
And  wrath  forfook.  the  throne  j 
When  Chrift  on  the  kind  errand  came, 
And  brought  falvation  down  . 
|  Here,  finners,  you  may  heal  your  wotffcfts. 
And  wipe  ycur  forrowsdry  : 


t.  II.  ••     SPIRITUAL    SONGS.         «5 

Truft  in  the  mighty  Saviour's  name, 
And  you  frail  never  die. 
fc  See,  deareft  Lord,  our  willing  fouls 
Accept  thine  offerM  grace  y 
We  bleis  the  great  Redeemer's  love, 
-And  give  the  Father  praife.        ...    ,-  ,. 

~—~£\V  .—The  fame. -*-> 

x  Yy  AtSE  your'  triumphant  fongs 
J£\_     To  an  immortal  tune^ 
Let  the  wide  earth  refound  the  heeds* 
Cffi ! efTat  love  h as  d one . 
%  Sin z how  eternal  love 

Its  chief  beloved  chofe";      - 
And  bid  Vim  raife  ourwretehed  race 
From  their  abyfs  of  woes. 

3  His  hand  nc  thunder  qears, 

Nor  terror  eiothes  his  brow  j 
No  bolts  to  drive  our  guilty  fouls 
To  fiercer  flames  below.    % 

4  'Twas  mercy  filTcKhe  throne 

-  And 'wrath  itood  fiierit.  by,1  "    '"•• 

When  Chrift  was  feat  with  pardons  dc^Aj 
x  To  rebels  docm'd  to  die, 

2  Now  finners,  dry  your  tears, 

Let  iiopelefs  forrow  ceafe  }  y. 
Bow  to  the  fceptre  of  hi  s  love^ 

And  take  the  orTer'd  peace. 
6  Lord,  we  obey  thy  Call  ;  -V 
1    We  lay  an  humble  claim; 
To  the  ialvation  thou  haft  fe&u/ht 

And  love  and  praife  thy  name 

%       .     .  \  >  -...     -      ,  ;  •  •'?'& 

s   CV*.     Repentance flowing  from  tke'patiercetfGtti. 

3  A  ND  are  we  wretches  yet  alive  ? 
X\     And  dare  we  yet  rebel  ? 

'Tis  boundlefs,  'tis  amazing  love, 
Which  bears'us  up  from  heii  1 
«  The  burden  of  our  weighty  gulft 
:"  Would  link  us  down  to  flames,     •  - 
And  threatening  vengeance  rolls  abevs 
To  crulh  our  feeble  frames. 
i  Almighty  goodnels  cries— forbear  : 
And  ftrait  the  thunder  flays-;      ^ 
And  dare  we  now  provoke  his  wrat.^ 
And  weary  out  his  grace. 
a  Lord,  we  have  long  abus'd'  thy  love, 
*  Too  long  indulged  -our  fin  ;     .    , 
©ur  aching  hearts  e'en  bleed  to  lefc 
What  rebels  we  have  be^n,  .• 


.$  No  move,  yelufts,  fhall  ye  command, 
No  more  will  we  obey  ; 
Stretchout;  O  God,  chy  conqu'rin*  hand, 
And  drive  thy  foes  away. 

.    ^         CVj.     Repentance  tf  the  Croft, 

1   f\**>  5f  mv  f{mi  was  form  d  for  woe. 
V_/     How  would  1  veiumv  figfcs  ! 
Kenentance  fiW.d,  like  rivers!  Mow 
»      From  both  my  ftreaming  eyes. 
S^Twas  for  my  fins,  my  deareft  Lord1- 
Kung  on  the  curfed  tree, 
And  groan'd  away  a,dyin-Mife 
For  thee,  my  four/,  for  thee. 
3  Oh  •  how  I  hate  thofe  lufts  of  mine, 

Which  crucify  d,  rav  God  ;  N 

Thofe  fins  which  prerc  d  and  nait'd  hisflefo 
Fail  to  the  fatal  wood.     - 
4.  Yes  my  Redeemer,  they  mail  die, 
My  heart  has  fo  decreed  ;     . 
Nor  will!  fpare  the  guilty  things, 
Which  made'-my  Saviour  bleed.     . 
5  Whilil,  with  a  melting  broken  heart, 
My  murder'd  i.ord  1  view,  . 
I'll  raife  revenge  againftjny  fiap, 
And  f.ay  the  murd'rers'too. 

GV1I.      Tl  e  everlajiing  abfen  c  e  of  God  intblsnti  f£ 

THAT  awful  day  will  furely  co-re,     . 
Th'  appointed  "hour  mak.es  hafte, 
When.1  gnud:  viand  before  my  Judge, 
Anc^p'afsthefolemn  teft. 
SfThou  lovely  chief  o£  all  my  joys, 
Thou  fov'neign  of  my  heart,       \ 
How  could  I  bear  to  hear  thy  voice 
Pronounce  the  found— depart  ? 
3  The  thunder  of  thataifmal  word 
Would  (o  tof  ment  my  ear, 
'Two,uldtear  mjfcfeul  aiund*r,  Lord, 
With  moll  tormenting  fear. 
a  What,  to  be  banifVd  from  my  life, 
And  vet  forbid  to  die  ?. 
To  linger  in  eternal  pain 
Yet  death  forever  fiy^  ? 
c  O-h  !  wretched  ftate  of  deep  defpafr> 
To  fee  my  God  remove  *■■* 

&nd.fix  tov  dorcfuL  (ration  wrier*? 
I  maft  r.ctAsfte  teh  love  i 


II 


STT-RlTUAL     SQNgS.    '         ,st2 


6  Jefu.%  1  throw  my  arms  around, 
"  And  hang  upon  thy  breaft  $ 

Without:  a  gracious  fmile  fromTheej 
My  fo'nit  cannot  reii. 

7  Ohl  tell  me  that  my  wor chiefs  name 
Is  graven -on  thy  hag ds; 

Shew  me  fame  promife',  in  thy  book, 
Where  my  fslvation  ftands  * 

S  Give  me  cne  kind,  afTunng  word 
'i      To  fink  my  fears  ag-ain^      •--< 
And  chearfully  rhy  foul  mall  wait 
Here  threc-fcoie'  years  and  ten. 

■CVIII.     <4ecefs  40  the  throne  of  grace  hy  a  Mediator t 

1   /^OVfE?,  let  us  lift  our  joyful  eyes 

t  V^i      Up  to  the  courts  above,      - . 

And  fmile  to  fee  our  Father  there 

Upon  a  throne  of  lay-e. 
Once  'twas  a  feat  of  dreadful  wrath, 
t     .And  ihot devouring  fisme-;  -        '    ■- 
Our  God  appeared  caniuming  fire, 
•And  Vengeance  .was  his  name- 
Rich  were  the  drops  of  Jefus  biobd, 
.      Which  claim'dhis  frowning  face  ; 
Which  fprjnkled  o'er,  the  burning  throne. 
And  turn'd  the  wrath; to  grace  ! 

4  Jsjow  we  may  bow  before  bis  -feet. 
And  venture  near  the  Lord  ;  '"■-'.. 

No  fiery  cherub  guards  his  fea, 
No _doubJe  flaming  fwbrd. .--  .- 

5  The  peaceful  gates  of  heav'nlyblifs 
»•*,    Are  open'd-to«thy  Son  ;  i:       ."  J-    ' 

High  let  usraife.our  notes  of  praife, 
And  reach  tti  alnfrghty  throne. 
I  To  Thee  ten  thoufand  thanks  we.  b4ng» 
Great  Advocation  high  ;      ■     -      -"-.-■-  • 
And  glory  to-th'  eternal  K^ng* 
Who  lavs  his  fury  by.    _„  '  _. 

.    CIX.     The  Dqrknefs  tf  Providence 

t  T     ORD,  We  adore  thy  vaftdefigns,  t 

~)L*  Th1  obfcure-abvfs  of  Providence  I 
Too  deep  to  found  with  mortal-lines      :~~ 
Too  dark  to  view  with  feeble  fenfei  .  s 

3  Now  thou  array 'ft  thine  awful  face    -' 
"4nangry  frowns,  without  a  fmile  :-  -• 
We,  thro1  the  cloud,  believe  thygracej 
5  t  c  ure  of  thy  cpmpaiB on  ftiU .        /  ^ 


2i9  HYMNS     AN®  fc.  J 

1"  Thro'  feas  and  ftorms  of  deep  diftrefs^ 
_  We  fail  by  faith,  an-l  not  by  fight  j 
Fsith  guicies  us  in'the  wilderne's, 
Thro   aJl  the  terrors  of  the  night. 

4  D>;ar  Father  if  thy  lifted  rod 
Refolve  to  fcourge  us  here  below  j 
Still  letus  lean  npon  our  God, 
Thine  arm  mall  bear  u^  fafely  through. 

CX. —~~-eiYiumph  over  death,  in   hope  ef  the  Hefcr- 
reclhn.  :- 

I      A   ND  muft  this  bodyXdie  ? 
v  jfl      This  mo-tal  f .  ?me  decay? 
And  mud  thofe  *ttiye  iimbe,  of  mine 
Lie  mquld'ring  ifl-.the  clay  ?  * 

A  Corruption,  earth,  andv^orms 
%      Shall  but  refine  this  fle(h  s 
'Till  my  t'umphaRt  fpirit  comes, 
To  put  it  on  afreih. 
3  God,  my  Redeemed  lives— 
And  often  from -the  ikies  % 
Looks  down,  and  .watches  all  my  dr6y 
Tillhemallbiditrife. 
Ct  Array'd  in  glor'pus  grace 

Shall  thefe  vile  bodiesfhine  \ 
And  ev'rv  fhape,  and  .  tv'ry  face 
Look  heav'nly  and  divine. 

5  Thefe  lively  hopes  we  owe 

Qpojefus'  dying  ioyej 
We  would  adore  his  grace  below, 
And  flag  his  pew'r  above. 

6  Dear  Lord,  accept  the  praife 

-Of  thefe  our  humble  fongs— 
'Till  tunes  of  nobler  found  we  raife 
With  our  immortal  tongues. 


•CXI.     Tkankjgvvlr.g  for  Vi&c-.y. 


ZION  rejoice,  and  Jud'ah  finj 
The  Lord.  afTame-  his  thro 


Hone  ; 
"j\<.w-F.nglandown  the  heav'nly  King, 
And  make  his  glories  known.    -. 
S  The  great,  the  wicked,  and  the  proud^ 
From  their  high  feats  are  huiTd  ; 
Jehovah  rides  upon  a  cloud, 
And  thundeis  thro*  the  world. 
3  He  reigns  upon  th'  eternal  hills, 
j     Diftvibures  mortal  crowns  j 
Empires  are  fix 'd  beneath  his  fmilep- 
i    And  totter  Et  his  frowns* 


j5,  H.  SPIRITUAL    S-0NG3.  *1© 

4.% Ivies  which  rule  the  ocean  wide, 
\<Vre  vanquiuVd  t^  his  breath  j 
"And  legions  arm'd  with  pow'ivand  pridS, 
Defcend  to  watry  death.  •  *:  '-- 

-  Let  tvrants  make  no  more  pretence 
*T      To' vex  our  happy  land  ; 
Jehovah's  name  ia  our  defence, 
Our  buckler  is  his  hand. 
6  SdHmavthe'-Kingof  grace  defcend 
To  .ule  us  by  his  word  5     _ 
And  all  the  honors  we  can  give, 
Be  offered  to  the  Lord. 

CXIL      Angels  minijlering  to  Cbrift  and  Sahti^ 
a   WHF.AT  GW7  to  what  a  yhrtus  height 
-  %J  Haji  thou  advancd  the  Lord  thy  is  on  ! 
1 yhreh  in  all  their  robes  of  light, 

Are  made- the  Servants  of  his-  throne. 
*  Before  his  feet  thine  armies  wait, 

Ardfvjiftasfam.es  of  fir*  they  mow, 
'To  manage  his  affairs  of  ft  ate, 

Jn  works  of  vengeance  and  of  love, 
S  His  orders  run  through  all  the  hop, 

1  evior--  defcend  at  his  command, 

?fSd  ind  guard  tbefe  Wefern  ctafa 

W'he»  foreign  rage  invades  eur  tana. 
*  Noiotbev  arc  fent  to  guide  our  feet 

IT*  tr  *he -rates  of  tbine  aoode  \ 
^rVghJu gangers  &&**  meet 

Jn  travelling  tbe.beav  nly  read. 
e  rW   when  I  leave  this  tsortai  ground, 
■   %d  thou  fiait  bid  me  rife  and  come—    . 

-'Send  a  beSfved  angel  down     ,        . 

Safe  to  conduit  my  feirtt  home. 


-cxin.—Tbt  £?>&> 


P-PHE 


IHE  maiefty of  Solomon, 
How  gior'ous  to  behold— • 
The  fervants  waiting  round  hid  throne, 
The  iv*ry  and  the  gold  ! 
«  But,  mighty  God  !  thy  palace  fhines 
"•With  far  fuper'or  beams  ; 
Thine  angel-guards  are  fwift  as  wmds? 
Thy  minifters  are  flames. 
%  Soo:*  as  thine  only  Son  had  made 
*     "His  entrance  on  the  earth, 
? A  fil'ifling  army  downward  8e$9 
~,Tp  cslc-braie  his  birth. 


-1  HTM&SJND  a  It 

<.  And  when  oppribfFd  with'  Dains  a  .id  fears, 
^     .  On  the  coid  ground  he  lies— 
Behold  a  heavnly  form  appears, 
T*  allay  his  agonies 

5  Now  to  the  hands  of  Cbiift,  our  King 

Are  ai!  thz\r  legions  s'v'a 
The  wait  uponbis  faints  apo*  bring 
His  chofen  heirs  to  heav'n 

6  Pleasure  and  praife  r\yn  through  their  ho{t4 

I'd  if,e  a  firmer  turn  5  E 

Then  fatan.bas  a  captive  lo/r, 
Anc  Clirift —  a  fuDJe£H>6#n. 

7  But  there's  aahou*-  of  brighteff  joy 

When  he  his  augeLs  fends 
Obftinue rebels  todefcro/, 

And  gather  in  his  friends. 
%  Oh  !  could  I  .fay.  without  a  doubt, 

There  fhaH'my  l'ou:  be  found-~ 
Then  iet  the  greit  arcb-artgei  fhout— 

And  the  larr.  trump  t  iound  ! 

QXW.   Chrift  3  JOeatb,  Victor*  and  Demfch* 

I  T    fing'my  Saviour  -wcmd'rous  death— 
JL-  He.con^uer'd  whe.i,he  fe,J{  : 
'Tfj  jtnljh'd-vfii'i   h>s  dv-ng  breath— 
And';hpok  the  gates  ot'.heiii 
S  ""th  fin'ifh  S-—^r\v  EmarTei  cries— 
'The  areqdful  nvtrk  is   dene-—  ■  *  ~ 
Henc"  (hall  ais  fov  reign  throne  arife  j 
Hi*  kingdom  is  begun.  ; 

3  Kis  crofs  a  fure.  foundation    laid, 
...     For  ^!oi  y  and  renown  ', 
'When,  through  the  regions  of  the  dead, 

He  pi! is'd  to reach  the  crown.  .' 

4  Exalted  at  his. Fathers  iidej 

Sits,  our  vicWous  Lord  : 
^To  heav  n  and  heif  his  hands  divide 

The  tengeance  and   reward. 
The  faints,  from  his  propitious  eye, 

Await  their  fev'ral  crowns  j 
And  all  the  fons  of  ciarknefs    fly 

The  terror  of  £is  frowns. 

— CXV God  the  Avenger  of  bis  Saints,-*- 

I    TTIGH  as  the  heav'ns  above  the  ground, 
rJCi   Reigns  the  Creator  GOD  > 
wide  as  the  whnle  creations  bound, 

Extends  his  aw ^u I  nod. 
JLet  princes,  of  exalted  fiate, 
To  him  afcribe  their  crown  j 


fill?.--  S? !  RITUAL    SONGS,  S$fe 

Render  their  honv.ge  at  his  feet, 
*   ■    An»i  call  :l  ?ir  glories  down. 

3  Know  that  h;;  kingdom  is  fupr&mej 

Your  lefty  ".'vMvghts    are  vain  j*"- 
He  calls  your  Gods>  that  awful  name- 
&      But  v»  rnurcdie,  lik£  men:    ..*-    "" 

4  Then  let  the  fiv're1:>n  of  the  globe 
:"  Not  dsre'.ik  vex  the  juft'-j 

He  puts  on  Vengeance  like  a  roje 
■;  ^  And  treads  the  worms  to  duft. 
§  Ye  judges  of  the^earth,"  be  wife,. 
"  Anti  "think  of  beay?n  With  fear; 
The  meaneft  fa'rrit  whom"  you  defpife., 
Has  an  .^veff^-r  there.    ,_       >     ,  ■ •■;.• 

•.         CX?L,  Menies  and  T la«hr 

I    FT  OW  can  £  link  with  fuc.h  a  prop 
II   As  my  eternal  G>>d  j, 
"Who  bears   the  earthVhage  pillars  up3 
-       And  fpreads  the heav'ria  abroad  ? 
%  How  can  I  die  while  Jefus  lives, 
Who  rofe^and  left  the  dead  £  \ 
Pardon  and  grace  my  foul  recei.*  i 
From  mine  exalted  Head.     ■ 
£3  All  that  I  am,  and  all  I  have, 
Shall  be  for  ever  thi ne  ; 
What  e'er  my  duly  bids  me  give, 
.\      My  chear&l  hands  refign. 

4  Vet,  if  I  might  make'lbme  referve. 

Ana  duty  did  not  call'*    ■ 
I  love  my  God  with  zeal  fb  greatj 
That  I  lhoud  give  him  a?!.  .      '  "j 

-£XVII,  Living  and  dying  with  G-od  frefat, 
r  T  cannot  bear  thine  abfence,  Lord— 
_£   My  life  expires  if  thin   depart  ; ' 
ise  thou,.rny<feear$,  {rill  near  my  God,: 
And  thou,  rcy   God,  (till  near  my  heart. 

5  I  was  not  born  for  earth  or,fin, 
Nor  can  I  liveon.things.fo  vile; 
Yet  I  will  ftaylmy' Father's  time, 

<And  hope  and  wait  for  rheav'n  awhile. 
3  Then,  dearer!  Lord,  in  thine  embrace-, 
Let  me  relign  my  fleeting  breath  j 
And,  with  afmileuponrny  face, 
Fafs  the  important  hour  of  death, 

CXP'IJL  The  Prleftbood,  of  Chri.f^ 

$  "JH*  LQQD  has  a  voice  to  pierce  tho.'fkieU 
j£j  ^i-venge^ths  blood- of  Abel  crfe<  , 


i%l  HTMNSAND.  B,  If. 

But  the  dear  (1-earA  when  Chrift  was  (lain, 

Spoke  peace  as  loud  from  ev'ry  veiiv 
fe  Pardon  and  peace  from  God  on  high  ; 

Behold  !   he  lays  his  vengeance  by  1 

And  rebels  who  deferve  his  fword, 
„    Become  the  favY  res  of  the  Lord*  / 

3  To  Jefus  let  ourpraifea  :ife, 
Whogavehis-Iifeafacrifice  $  • 
Now  he  appear?  before  his  God, 
And,  for ourpardon,  pleads  his  blood, 

*  .v     CXlX.Tbe  Holy  Scriwurtk. 
2  T    ADEN  with  guilt,  and  full  of  fear*. 

't  j  1  fly  to  thee,  my  Lord  $     \ 
And  not  a  glympfe  of  hope  appears, 
But  in  thy  written  word. 
&  The  volume  of  my  Father's  grace 

•  '  Does  all  ray  grief  aflwage  y  \ 
Here  1  behold  my  Saviour's  tac4 

:  ,    .  Almoft  in  e-v'ry  page. „ 
iy  This  is  the  fid  i  where  hidden  l«s 

*    The  pearl  of  price  unknown  j 

That  merchant  is  divinely  wife 
Who  makes  the  pearl  his  own. 

4  Here  confeci ated  wafers  flows, 
'    To  quench  mv  thirit  of  fin  j 

Here  the.fuir  tree  of  knowledge  grow?, 
No  danger  dwells  within.  ]   .^    '.  ■ 

5  This  isthe  judge,  who  ends  the  Arife 
*\  Where  wicand  reafon  fail ; 

My  guide  to  everlafting  jife, 

;.   T&ro'  all  this  gloomy  vale.    .•■„     - 

6  Oh,  may  thy  counfels*  mighty  God,  t 

My  roving  feet  command  } 
Nor  {  forfake  the  happy  road 
Which  leads  Co  thy  right  hand  t 


CXX   'The  Law  did  Go/pel joined  in  Scrip:*! 


i  r-pi 


HE  Lord  declares  his  w;lL 

And  keeps  rhe  world  in  awe 

Amidft  the  fmoke  on  Sinai's  hiU? 

•  '»  Breaks  out  his  fiery  law, 
6  <The  Lord  reveaPd  his  facej 

>  -And,  frailing,  from  above, ' 
Sends  down  the  gof'pelsof  his  grac*, 
.  Th'epiftle*  of  his  love 

*  Thefefacred  words  irnp*ril 
1  O'urMaksi-'sjuft  coirrtnan.is  j 
Trt^pity  ofhii  melting  hear: 

i  re£gca«c* 'of  m*  haivls* 


'% 


II.  SPTTITUdL     SONGS.  iS4 

•.  Hence  we  awake  o*r  fear, 

*  We  dmw  our  comfort.  hence  ; 
The  arms  of  grace  are  treafur'd  hers 

'  Our  armdur  of  de-fesce. 
We  'earn  Chrift  crucify 'd, 

And  here  behold  his  blood  ; 
Ail  arts  and  knowledges  befide, 

Will  dousiittlegood. 
We  read  the  heav'my  word  ; " 
''    We  tafte  |h*e  ofFfPd  grace^ 
,.  Obey  tile  fta.tut.es  of  the  Lova, 

And  truft  his  promifes. 
;  In  vain  mall  fa? an  rage  ...  v         -r 

Aga'mft  a  book  divine. 
Where  wrath  and  light' ning  gyard  the  p£g$* 
Where  beams  of  mercy    mine. 

g  ■*  »  CXXL  The  Le<zv  and  Gofpd  Si/iry  i?pb$0* 

t  ?rr^.HEla\v  commands,  arid  makes  us  kna^ 
J_     What  dudes  to' our  God  we  owe  i 
Buc 'tis  the  gofpdmu  ft  reveal 
| Where  lies  our  ffren«fh  to  do  his  will. 
S  The  law  discovers  guilt  and   fin, 
And'  fhews  how  vile  our  he>rts  have  been  5 
Only  the  gofpeJ  can  ex-refs 
"Forgiving  leve,  ande'.ea.nfing  grace.       } 
3'  Whatcurfcs  doth  the  law  denounce 
A.eainftthe   Man  who  fails  but   once? 
But.  in  the  Goipel,  Chrift  appears 
^fard'ning  the  guilt  of  -aurn'raus  ye&fSo 
,5  My  foul,  no  more  attempt  to  draw  \ 

Thy  life  and  cpmforts  from  the.daw  $ 
Fly  to  the  bop?  the  gofrel  gives  : 
The  man  who  trufts  the  promife,  lives ,  . 
•  (    '1     .-. 

•    'i       tXXH.   Retirem-vi  and  Medlfo&n. 

I.    pL/f^ -God,  permit  me  not  to-be 

J.VA   Aftrangerto  mvfejf  and  thee  j 

-rimidftathoniand  doubts'!  ro\e, 
I  Forgetful  of  my  higher  love.     '        ■'     "t 

*  Why  mould  my  paffions  mix  with  earth, 
■And  thus  debafe  my  heavenly  .birth  ! 

Why  mould  I  cleave  to  things  beiow,  1 

iAndJe't  My  God  my'  Saviour  go  ? 
g  Call  me  away  from  flefh  and  fen  fe, 
One  fov'reign  word  can  draw  me  ity$k$ 
}  would  obey  the  voice  divine, 
-Atid  aJi  jrxfar 'or  joys  fefiga. 
X     * 


ffij  HYMNS    AND  %\ 

♦'  Be  earth,  with  al!  her  fcenes,   withdrawn  j 
Let  noife  and  vanity  be  gone  j 
J^i  fecret  filence  of  the  mind. 
My  heav'n,  and  there  my  God,  I  find. 

CXXIIl.  7U  Benefit  of  public  Qr&nanc*u 

A  WAY  fronlev'ry  mortal  care, 

Ji\   Away  from  earth,  our  ibAiJs  retreat  '$ 

We  leave  this  worthlefs  world  afar, 

And  wait  and  worihip  near  his  feat. 
*  Lord,  in  the  temple  of  thy  grace 

We  fee  thy  feet,  and  we. adore  j 

We  gaze  upon  thy  lovely  face, 

And  learn  the  wonders  of  thy  pow'r. 
3  While  here,  oar  var'ous  wants  we   mourn 

United  groans  afceftd  on  high  ; 

And  prayer  bears  a  quick  return 

Of  bleffings  in  variety. 

(4  If  fatan  rsge,  and  fin  grow  ftrong, 
Here  we  receive  fome  chearing  word  i 
We  trird  the  gofpel-armour  on, 
To  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lord. 

5  Or  if  our  fpirit  faint«  ancf  dies,  ,,       ■> 
(Our  conference  ?a'rd  with  inward  fthigs* 
Heredoththe  right'ous  fun  arife, 
With  healing  beams  beneath  ii is  wings,  j 

6  Father  '   mv  foul.would  frill  abide 
Within  thy  temple,  near  thy  fide: 
But  if  my  feet  mufr  hence  depart, 
Still  keep  thy  dwelling  in  my  heart. 

CXXiV.  Moses,  Aaron,otJ  Jostttras 

f  /TplS  not  the  lawof  ten  commands, 
I      On  holy  Sinai  ■giv'n, 
Or  fent  tomertby  Motes'  hands, 
j  Can  bring  us  fafe  to  heav'n 
Z  '  f  is  not  the  Wood  which  Aaron  fpilf. 
Nor  fmoke  of  fareeteft  frnejl, 
Can  buv  a  nardonfo-  our  guilt, 
Or  fave  our  fouls  from  hell. 
5  A?rori,  the  prieil,  refi«^s  his  breath,' 
At  Cod's  imed^te  will ;' 
And,  in  the  defart,  yrVlds  to  death 
Upon  th'aorcinted  hill 
4  A>.d  thus,  on  Jordan's  vonderfide, 
The  tribes  of  Ifr'el  ftand, 
Wh-ile-.Mofes.bov'dhis  h<?ad  jnJ  iy  <f 
Sfeov-ef  the  prlltefc'd-ianaf 


,  if.  5  FJ  R  ITU  ALSO  N  G  S.  ^ 

Jfr'el  rejoice,  now  *  joih'a  leads  ! 

He'l!  bring  your  tribes  to  reft  ; 
So  far  the  Saviour's  name  exceeds 

The  ruler  and  the  prieft 

TXXV   Faith  and Repenta-nce^Uubelief  and  Impenuznce 

IIFE  and  immortal  joys  are  giv'n 
_^  To  fouls  who  mourn  the  ims  they've  4one 
Children  of v.;rath'm3:le  heirs  of  heav'n, 
By  faith  In  God's  eternal   Son. 
Woe  to  the  wretch '^ho'_  never  fe-lt 
The  inward  p^ngs  of    pious  grief,  • 
But  adds  to  all  his  crying  _ gtiilt      s*f- 
The  ftubhorn  fin  of  ur  belief. 
j  The  law  condemns  the  rehel  deed, 
-Under-  th-e  Wrath  of  Gt>d  he  lies  :  "    • 
HefeaH  the  curie;  on  fvis  own   head, 
And-With  a  double  vengeance  dies. 

CXXVJ.  God  gloried  In  the  Gs^^ 

THE  Lordydefcending  from  above? 
Invites  his  chiid.^n agM£ 
_~-m41=  powVan-T  truth,'  and  boundlefs  love 
*     Difpiay  their  gloiies  here. 
I  Here  in  thegofpefs  wondrous  frame, 
Frefh  wifdom  we  may  view  ; 
A  thoufand  sngels  learn  thy  name, 
Beycnd  whate'erithey  knew. 

3  Thy  name  is  writ  in  faireit  lines, 

Thy  wonders  here  we  trace  ; 
Wifdom  thio'al!  the  myft'ry  ih:nes> 
It  mines  in  Jeius""  face.  '      *  $<'    % 

4  The  law  its  beft  obed'ence  owes. 

To  ourincarnate  Go9h; 
And  thy  revenging  juftice  fnowa 

Its  hoaors  in  hh>  blood. 
e,  Biit&r)  tEeiufrre  of  thy  grace 

Our  warmer  thoughts  employs^ 
Q\W,i  the  whole  fcene  with  brighter  rays? 

And.  more  exalts  cur' joys. 

-rC  XX!V iL*-Circumcifi;n  and  Ba$t\J;n~- 

IVrli ten  enly  for  tbcfe  who  pra&ice  the  Baptiftn  of  in* 
fants.J   _  ."     •     ;'     ' 

THUS  did  thefonsof  Abra'm   pafs 
Under  the  bloody  feaL  of  grace  ! 

*  Tktfawi,  vj'nh  jefus.  cndfgni^a  $#»#8|~ 


•itf  HYMNS    jiNb  B 

,   The  young  declples  Lore'the  yok^,"    '- 

'Till  Qhriftthe  painful  bondage  broke. 
i   By  Kli  t'der  w a  j  s  d  o th  j  fe  I  u s  p  r  b ve 

H»s  Fatter' s  covenant",  and  his  lo«g  5  ' 

He  feals  to  faints  his §lolr*6u$ grace. 

And  not  fo:b;Js  their  infar.r  race. 

3  Their  leeri  isjpi  ink;«  j>rii.h  Kib  ylood,' 
Their  children  feta-oart  fur  God  ;    . 

'  Plis  Spirit  6:1  rheir  D$Fpfi"ng  ih-ti, 
Like  water  pour'd  upon  :h'  f?e4d*     ' 

4  Let  ev'ry  faint,  with  chearful  vjice, 
Jn  this  large  covenant  ^j.';..-  ; 
Young  children  in  their  fa  3y  cays, 
ShaJl  give  the   God  of  AJom  in  praXfe* 

CXXVIU.      foftytmZn&jkA&tm, 
1    y^LEST  v/ith  the  joys  of  jrinc.cnce,  ;. 

jfj   Adam,  our  father,  it  )  ul.  ; 
'Till  he  debas:d  His  tottl  to  feme, 
And  eat th;  uniawn.il  food.    , 

5  STow  we  are  born.u  fens'ai  race; 

Po  nnful  ioys  irsdnvd  . 

And  rleih  aiJU>i'5  dveinih'J", 
3  While  flerh,  or  fer.fe,  or  paiSon  re*gB*s 

S'n  is  the  fweeteft  good  . 
"We  fancy  prrofic  in  our  chain:,  '  > 

And  fo  fbrgfet  our  load. 
4,  Great  God  '   renewour  raiu'd  franjsa 
Our  broken  pow'rs  refttjre  j 
Infpife  us  with  aheav'hly  fl.irr.f, 
And  flfih  Hiaii  rei^n  no  more. 
§  Eternal  Spirit  j  write  thy  iavv 
Upon  our  inward  parts  • 
And' let  the  fecond  Adam  draw 
His  itna^e  on  our  hearts. 

— -CXXIX. — ffcaj'-:  by  Taitb,  mi  by  Sight  — — • 

j  'r-T^15  by  the  faith  ofjoy;  to  come 

I        We  walk  through  defarts  dark  as  night, 

"TH!  we  arrive  athdaVtf,  riur  home. 

Fajth  is  our  guide,  and  fakh  our  iight. 
■1  The  want  of  Tight  me  well  fdpp'ies — 

She  makes  the  pearly  gates  appear  j 

■Far  into  diftant  woilds  fhe  pries 

And  brings  eternii  glories  near. 
3  Chearful  we  tread  the  def  irt  through, 

While  faith  collects  the  heav  nly  ray; 
•T-hfUgh  lions  roar,  and   ternpefts  blow, 

d^ad  ro:^3  and  dangers  fill  the  vvJv. 


B.  U.  SPIRITUAL    S&NG3-. 

4"  So  Abra'm  by  divine  command,      -' 
-   Lett  his  own  houie  to  waik  w'jt.h  Gods 
"  His  faith  beheld  the  promis'd  land 
And  iir'd  his  zeal  along  the  road.\ 


.- 


— iC X  XX.     Th e.  2VVj;  Creation ,       ■     ■    ■'. 

«     /*   TTEND  while  God's  exalted  Son 
\  X\     Roth  his  own  glories  fliew  : 
*•  — —Sehol-i,  I  fit  ugo;?my  throne-, 
Creating  all  things' new. 
%  Nature  and  fin  are  pa-is' d  away, 
And  the  old.  Adam  dies  ; 
My  hands  a  new  foundation  lay- 
See  the  new  ©orld  arile. 

3  I'D  be  a  $nn  of  -rrght'oufnefs 

To  the'newheav'ns  i  make  ; 
'  None  but  the  new-born  heirs  of  grace 
My  glory  fbal.rpot.rtake." 

4  Mighty  Redeemer  !   fetmefree 

From  my  old  ftate  of  fin  $ 
'  Oh,  take  my  foul  alive  to  Thee, 
s  Create  new  pow'rs  within  : 
jpiwwf?*  ii„r.;  eyes;  and  form  mine  ears, 
..,-  And  mould  my  heart  afrefli  ; 
'ipive  me  new  naftions,  joys  and  fears, 
\.  And  turn  the  ftj'.ne  to  rlelh. 
6  I'iir  from  .the  regioni.  of  the  dead— 
%    -From  /in,  3nn  dea'h,   and  heji  ; 
'In  the  new  warld  which  grace  has  made, 
s  I  would  forever  dwell . 

CXXXI.       The  Excellency  cfiie  Cprijiian  Rsiighu, 

3   T     ET  everlafting  g  lories -crown 

J_i   Thy  head,  my  Saviour,  and  mj  Lord  i 
'Thy  hands  have  brought Sahi*ti on  aown, 
And  writ  the  bl'efliags  in  th>  vftrd. 

a  What  if  we  trace  the  globe  M^iind, 
And  feareh.  from  Britain  toJ'«pan? 
Ther»  #iall  be  no  reiigioa  found, 
So  juft  t»-<3od,  fo  fafe  for  jrnn. 

3  In  vain  the  trembling  confoience  feeks 
-Some  folid  ground  toreftupoa  j 

With  lofl*  defpair  thefpirit  breaks, 
'Till  we  apply  to  Chrift  alone, 

4  How  well  thy  bleiled  truths  agree  ! 
How  wife  and  holy  thy  commands  ! 
T'^y  prom'ifes  how  ftrong  they  be  ! 
Sow  'firm  our  hopcor  comfort  ftari'i: 


m  U  T  M  N  S     A  N  i*  %  tt 

G  Not  the  fiin'd  fields  of  heatn'rn  fh  blifs 
<?  Coti-H  raife  (uch.  plea  fires  in  the  rumu  > 

Nor  does  th-:  Titr-Jcifh-paradife    .     - 
Pretend  to  joy  fo  well  refih'd. 
<3  Should  al]  ;he  fours  which  men  devife, 
•  Affiuilt  mj  faith  with  trtachhous  ait,  •. 
I'd  cail  Ehem  v-jnity  and  lies, 
And  bir-d  the  gofce|to  my  heari, 

CXXXTJ.     The  Of  em  of  Chrift, g» 

I  ^17[  J^  hiefs  the  prophet  of  the  l^ord, 
■    VV      .  Who  comes  w;th  truth  and  grace  | 
Jclu*,  thy  Spirit,  anJ  thy  vvoid 
Shall  lead  us  in  thy~wa  s. 
a  We  rev'rence  eur  High-Prieft  above, 
Who  offer' d  up  hi:  blood, 
And  lives -to  carry  n-n  his  love, 
By  pleading  with  our  God. 
3  We  honor  our  exalted  King  ; 
How  ivwrt  are  his  commands  I 
He  guards  our  fouls  from  heii  and  fir-, 
By  his  almighty  hand.;. 
£  Hoianna  to  hisglorjous  name, 
,     Who  laves  by  diflf" rent  ways  : 
Ki--ir.c.xif.;  .-><  -  <■••■  r?-~n  bairn 
To  our  immortal  pr*t.le. 

iU  &X X XIII.      Tbs  Operations  of  the  HJy  Sprits. 

"*"'  T?  TERN  A L-  Spirit !  we  confefs, 
'.J_^/  And,  £«g  tne  wonders  of  thy  grace  : 
-  Thv-pow'r  conveys '-^vir  bleiTings  cown 
*  From  C-od  the  ifethef-,  and  the  Son. 
a  EnhJruenM  ty thine  k&cfniy  ray, 
Oa.r  ihadesar.d  riirkoefs  turn  teday  : 
Thine  inward- teachings  makes  us  kuibw 
Our  ganger,  and  our  refuge  too.  » 

3  Th^pow'v  and  glory  work-within, 

v  And«break.  the  thai nf  of  reigning  lln  j 
Do  ourimper'ous  lufts  fubdue,. 
And  form  our  wretched  hearts  anew. 

4  The  troubled  conference  knows- thy  voice 
Thy  cheating  voice  awake  their  joys  j       * 
Thy  words  allay  the  frormv  wind,  ' 

And  calm  the  furg.es  of  the  mind. 


'T 


CX XX IV.     Clrcumclfion  Abel\$& 

HE  promife  was  divinely  free  j 
ExterJiye  was  the  giac*  j 


S ;  W,  SP  TRITUAL     S6N&S,  i& 

li  I  will  the  God  of  Abra'm  be, 

.*'  And  of  his  num'rousrace.l* 

Z  Fie"  fald — and.  with  a  bloody  leal, 

ConfirnVd  the  words  hefpoke  ; 

Long  did  the  fens  of  Abra'm  feel 

The  fharp  and  painful  yoke.  < 

3  'Till  God's  own  Son",  defcending  lo\vf 

Gave  his  own  flefii  to  bleed  ;      > 
And  Gentiles  t-a-fte  the  blefiingsnow, 
From  the  hai'd  bondage  freed. 

4  The  God  of  Abra'm  claims  our  paife, 

His  promife.  endure  5  *       - 

And  Chrift,  the  Lord,  in  gentler  ways 
Makes  the  falvation  lure. 

CXXXV      Type*  and prcphevies  of  Chn£,  S 

1  .TOEHOLD  the  woman's  p-romis'd  feed, 
.13  Behold  the  great  M-efiiih  come  1 
Behold  the  prophets  all  agreed, 
-.  To  give  him  the  fuperfor  room  I 
%  Abra4m.  the  faint  rejoic'd  of  old, 
When  virions  of  the  Lord  he  law  , 
Mofes,  the  man  cf  God,  foretold 
•;  This  great/ulfiller  of  his  Law. 
2"  The  types  bore  witnefs  to  his  name, 

Obtained  their  chief  defign,  and  ceas'd  k    ' 
The  incenfe  and-  the  bleeding  Lamb, 
.The  ark,  the  alter,  and  the  prieft. 
<«.  Predictions  in  abundance  meet,  -,. 
And  join  their  bieffings  on  his  head  j 
j-efus,  we  worfhi  p  at  thy  feet  ; 
And  nations  own' the  promis'd  feed. 

i-.. 
CXXX  VI.     Miracles  at  the  Btrtfc  of  Cfcrijk' 

I  >TpHE  King  of  glory  fends  his  Son        -    ■.  _  . 
A      To  make  tils  entrance  on  this  earth  j 

Behold,  the  midnight  bright  as  noon, 

And  heav'niy  holts  declare  his  birth  ! 
s  About  the  young  Redeemer's  head 

What  wonders  and  what  glories  meet  I 

An  unknown  frar  arofe,  and  led 

The  eaftern  f-iges  to  his  feet. 

3  Simeon  and  Anna  bothconfpire 
Ther  infant  Saviour  to  proclaim  5     , 
Inward  chey  k  t  the  farced  fire, 

And  bleiT-d  the  babe,  and  avfn;4d  his,,  nkxns >, 

4  Tho*  Je.ws  and  Greeks  bl^fpbemejtloudv 
And  t!  eat  the  holy  Child  with -ic«"ta-«    '  - 


z\t  ti  T  M  N  S     A  N  D  3.  TL 

Out  fouls  a^oe  th* eternal  God, 
Whocondefcendsd  to  be  bom. 

CX  XXVII.  Miracles   In  the  Life,   Death, -tSttd  Murl 
re&hn  s/ChTrfr, 

I   TjEHOLD  the  blind  their  fight  rece've  ! 

X>  Behold  the  dead  awake,  and  iive  ! 

The  dumb  ("peak  wonders  .    and  the  fame 
-»  Le&p  like  the  ha/ 1, and  befs   his  Darnel 
%  Thus  doth  th'cteVnal  Spirit  own 

And  leal  the  million  of  the  Son  j 

The  FatbcY  vindicates  his cauJe, 

Whiie  he   hangs  bleeding  on  the  erefs. 

3  He  dies  !   the  heav'ns  in  mourning  (tood  ! 
He  rif»s—  Sad  appears  a   God  • 
Behold  the  Lord  afcending  high. 

i  No  mo-re  to  bie.^,  no  more  to  die  ; 

4  Hence,  and. forever,  from  tw  heart 
J  bid  my  doubt:  and  fears  depart  $ 
Arid  to  thefe  hands  my  foul Vefign 
Which  bear  credentials  io  divine. 


CXXXViII.     TbePiwcrof  the  Gtffel. 

2  CT^HTS'  is  the  wnt'd  cf  truth  and  love, 
-  j[      Serif  to  the  nations  from  above  j 
Jehovah  here  refoh'es  to  the.w 
What  his  klmighty  grace  ran  do. 

»  This  remedy  did  wifd^m  fmd, 
To  hezldifeafes  df  the  mir.d  ; 
Thisfov*reign  balmwhofe  virtues  can 
&eftorethe  ruin'd  creatuic  man. 

f±  This  gofpclbid1;  the  dead  revive  j 

Sinners  obey  the  voice,  and  live  :  \  '  ij 
Dry  bones  are  rai?*d,  and  clothM  sfrefo  j 
Andheartsof  ftone  are  turned  to  fie j]>. 

4  Where  fatan  reign'd  in  fhadec  of  night, 
The  gofpelflrike:>^-hea.v<  niy  light;        .* 
Our  Jutts  its  wond'rous  pow'r  controjil^ 
•And  claims  the  rags  of  angry  iouis. 
5  Lion?  aLd  bsaits,  vf  favageriaipe, 
Put  on  the  nature  of  the  lamb; 
While  the  wide  world  efreems  it  ftcasfsej 
Gaze,  and  admire,  and  hate  tJ»£  .:h.ange. 
Jylay  but  this  grace  my  foul  renew  j. 
Set  finneis  gaxe  and  n  ate  me  too  ; 
T-he  wo.rd  which  i,aves  me.,  dcres  eaga^« 
A  fa*©  <t!  eft  nee  t\$&>  Ml  t&eit  v;ty- 


B>  II.    -  SPIRITUAL    S0NGS,  t^ 

CXXXIX.    The  Exahpk  of  Chrifi. 

1   A/T^  fi,ear  Reedeemer  and  my  Lord, 

J.VJL    *  read  rny  duty  in  thy  word  i 

But  in  thy  life  the  law  appears, 

Drawn  out  in  living  ,chara£r.ers.     « 
%  Such  was  thy  truth,  and  fuch  thy  teal-** 

Such  deference -to  thy  Father's  will— 

Such  lint,  and  meeknefs,4o  divine, 

I  would  tranfcribe,  and  make  them  mine? 
3  Cold  mountains,  and  the  midnight  air, 

Witneis'd  the  fervor  of  thy  prSy'f  j 

The  d-efart  thy  temptations,  knew, 

Thy  confli£l,;.and  thy^vift'ry  t©o. 
4.  Be  thou  my  pattern— make  me  be.tr 

More  of  thy  gracious  image  here  j 

Then  God,  the  judge.  mali  own  my  aam* 

Among  ehs  xolFwersof  the  Lamb. 

„     CXL.     Examples  of  Chrifi  and  the.  S^jj^k 

t  rjf^i  IVE  me  the  wings  of  faith,  to  rife 
\J|"     Within  ;he  veil,  and  lee  . 
Tne  faints  above— how  great  their  joys- 
How  bright  their  glories  be  ? 
ft  Once  they  were  mourning  here  below, 
•     And.  wet  their  couch  with  tea»s .; 
They  wreftled  hard,   as  we  do  now, 
With  iins,  and  doubts  r!Qd  fears. 

3  I  alk  them  whence  their  vicYry  «anie  ? 

They,  wkhjtmited  1-reath,      .. 
Afcribe  their  conqueft  to  the  Lamb  J 
Their  triumph,  to  his  death. 

4  They  mark'd  the  footfteps  which  he  trcdj 

(His  zeal  inlpir'd  their  breaft) 
And   folfwing  thf  ir  incarnate  God, 
Poflefs  the  pron.is'd  reft. 
5.  Our  glor'etrc  Leader  claims  our  pfsif^ 
.    For  bis  own  patfein  giv'n  ; 
While  the  long  cloud  of  witneffss 
See  the  fame  path  to  heav'n. 

CXLL     Fmtl  ajnjied  by  fenfe. 
t  \  ffY  Saviour  God,  my  fov'reign  Princej, 
xVi     Reigns  far  above  thefkies  I 
But  brings  his  graces  down  to  fenfe, 
And  helps  my  faith  to  rife-. 
2  My  eyes  and  ears  ihall  blefs  his  name;* 
They  read,  and  hear  his  tvorJ  i 


«3g  dridNS   and  I'S 

My  toudh  and  tafte  fhall  do  the  famej 

When  they  receive  the  Lard. 
5  Bapri  final  water  is  defign'd 

To  fe.il  his  cleanfing  grace  ; 
While,  at  his  fe  aft  of*  bread  and  wine. 

He  gives  his  faints  a  place  : 

4  But  not  thewatirs  of  a  flood 

Can  make  my  flefii  lb  clean  } 
As  by  his  Spirit  and  his  blood, 
He'll  warn  ny  foul  from  fin. 

5  Nor<?hoiceft  meats,  or  rrobleft  wines, 

So- much  my  heart  refrefh, 
As  when  my  faith  goes  through  the  fins.; 
And  feeds  upon  the  tfefh. 

6  I  Jove  the  Lord,  who1  ftoops  to  low, 

,.  To  give  his  word  a  feal  r 
But  the  rich  gra£e  his  hands  beftow, 
Exceeds  thengiue  ftill. 

CXML    Faith  in  Ch'ri  ft  oOrfetrtfi  %r 

i  XT0T  a11  the  b!ood  of  beafts 

XN      On  Jewifh  altars  (lain, 
Could  give  the  guild'  confcience  peacs 
Or  wafh  away  the  {tain. 
4  But  Chriit  the  heav'nly  Li.mb, 
Takes  ail  our  fin's  away  j 
A  facrifTce  of  nobler  name, 
And  richer  blob*  than  they, 

3  My  faith  would  lay  her  hand 

On  that  dear  head  of  thine, 

While,  "like  a  penitent  I  ftand, 

And  there  coniefs  my  fin. 

4  My  foul  looks  back  to  fee 

The  burdens  thou  did  ft  bear, 
When  hanging  on  the  curfed  tree,. 

And  hopes  herguiit  was  there. 
<5  Believing,  we  rejoice 

To  fee  thee  in  fe  remove  j 
"We  blefs  the  Lamb  with  chearfui  voic^ 

And  ling  his  bleeding  love. 

CXLIII.       Fl'''jh  and  Spirt?. 

i  \ it  7rIAT  (liit' rent  pow' is  of  grace  and  fi*J* 
VV        \ 1 1.- nd  our  mortal  ftater^ 
I  hate  the  thoughts  which  work  within* 
And  do  the  works  I  hate. 
t  Jjow  I  complain,  and  groan;  and  die,. 


I  %  S.F  I  RITUAL    SO^G  S.         %M 

Now  raife  my  forigs  of  triumph  high, 

For  j^race  prevails  again. 
So  ?darknefsftruggles  with  the  light, 

'Till  perfect  day  arife  ; 
Waterand  fire  maintain  the  fight 

Lntii  the  weaker  dies. 
^  ThaswiJJ  the  fleih  and  fpintfrrive, 

Andvex  and  b*-eakmy  peace  5    - 
But  I  fhall  quit  this  mortal  life, 

And  fin  forever  ceafe. 

CXLIV.     The  Efufion  of  the  Spirk, 

1    &~**  RE  AT  was  the  day,  the  hoy  w  .s  great,  v 

VJT   When  the  divine  defciples  met  j     *   '    ■■ 

V/hitfr.  on  their  heads  the  Spirit  came, 

And  fatiike  tongues  of  cloven  flame. 

a  "What  gifts-,  what  miracles  he  gave  !       * 

%  And  pow'r  to  give,  and  pow'r  to  five  ! 

FurniuVd  their  tongues  with  wondrous  words, 

lnftead  of  fhields,  and  fpears,  and  fwords.      -  "" 
3  Thus  arm'd,he  ferfi  the  champ'ons  forth, 
-From  eaft'to  weft,  from  foath  to  north, 

*e  Go,  and  affert  your  Saviour's  ca::fe  5 

*l  Go,fpread  the  myft'ry  of  hiscrofs," 
fiiThefe  weapons -of  the  holy  war, 
-  Of  what  almighty  force  they'  are, 

To  make  our  ftubborn  paffions  bow, 

And  lay  the proudeft  rebellow  ;         *» 

5  Nations,  the  learned  and  the  rude, 

v- Are  by  thsfe  hesy'nly  arms  fubdu'd  5 
While  Satan  rages  at  his  loA>. 
And  hates  the  doctrine  of  the  crofs. 

6  Great  King  of  grace,  my  heart  fubdue-*. 
I  would  be  led  in  triumph  too, 

A  willing  captive  to  my  Lord, 
And  fing  the  viex'ries  of  his  word. 

CXLV. .    Sight  through  a  Glafs,  and  Face  to  F<lcsx 

S  T   Love  the  windows  of  thy  grace, 
£::    Through  which  my  Lord  is  feen, 
And  bng  to  meet  my  Saviour's  face, 
Without  a  g'afs  between.      - 
S  Oh,  that  the  happy  hour  were  come, 
To  change  my  faith  to  fight  1 
I  fhoukl  behold  my  Lord  at  home 
In  a  diviner  light.  "  *• 
9  Ha  Tie,  my  beloved,  and  remote 
":    'f-hsfe  interpofing  days, 3 


54-5  HYMNS     AN  V  *      B.  ] 

^Sen  Uiallrnv  pafiio'as  all  be  love, 
"And  all  mypow'rs  be  praife. 

CXLfJ.     7&  Vanity  oj  Crccturcu 

$   Tk  //AN  has  a  foul  of  vaft  defires, 
-iVj.      He  bum?  wirhinwith  reftlefs  fires  I 
Toil  to  and  fro,  his  pafllons  fiy  v    •    * 

From  vanity  to  vanity, 

%  In  vain,  on  earth-,  we  hope  to  fi;il 
Some lolid  good  to  fill  the  mind  -. 
We  try  new  pleafu  es— -but  v%'e  feel 
The  inward  thirrt,  and  -Conn  *nt  (till. 

3  So,  when  a  raging>ffcver  burns, 
■  We  {hi  ft  from  fi  Je  to  fide  by  turns  j 

And  'tis  a  poor  relief  we  gain, 

To  change  the  place,   but  keep  the  pain. 

4  Great  G  id  fubdue  this  viciOrif  thin'l:, 
Thij  love  to  vanity  and  duft  : 
Cur?  this  vi!e  fever  rf  the  mind, 
And  feed  our  fouls  withioys  renn'a. 

QXLP'JI.     Tie  Oenncn  of  tj»  V/orld,  Gep.  I 

OW  let  a-  f-iacious  wcrid  arifr/* 
Said  the  Cseafjjr  Lard  : 
At  once  th*  obed'ent  e«rcii  and  ikies 
Role  at  his-fovVigr-  word. 
S  Dark  ua~,  thedw p  :    :.h>; ''waters  lay 
Confus'd,  snd  drowu'd  the  land  ; 
He  cail'd  the  light— the  j»eW  born  day 
Attends  on  his  command.   . 

3  He  bids  the  clouds  ajfeead  on  high  } 

The  clouds  afcend,  a  ad  bear" 
A  watrv  treafure  in  the  fky,  . 
4nd  float  on  Jofter  air. 

4  The  liquid  element  below, 
.,     Was  fcather'd  byhis  h:nd  ;  v 

The  robing  feas  together  flow, 
And  leave  the  fo lid  land. 

5  With  herbs  and  plants  (a  Row'ry  bhth) 

The  naked  globe  he  cro*'n'd, 
E'er  there  was  r?.in  to  bicis  the  earth, 
'  Or  fun  to  warm  the  ground. 

6  Then  he  adorn'd  the  upper  Jkies  j 

Behold  the  fun  r.ppears  ; 
The  moon  and  ftars,  in  order,  rife 
To  mark  out  months  and  years. 
<j  Out  of  thedeepth'  almighty  KU^ 
Did  vita'  beings  frame  j  \ 


N' 


B.  II,  S  PJR1TUJL    SO  N  §  S.  ttft. 

Th£  painted  fowls  of  ev'ry  wing, 
And  fi/h-of  ev'ry  n.'.me. 

8  He  gave  the  lion  and  the  worm 

Atonce  their  wond'rous  birth  : 
Aad  grazing  beads,  of  var'ous  fotpi 
Rofefrom  the  teeming  earth,      **» 

9  Adam  was  fram'd  of  equal  clay 

Tho'  fov'reign  of  the  rejt 
Defign'd  for  nobler  ends  than  they  ; 
»      With  God's  own  image  bleft. 

10  Thus,  glor'Gus  in  the  Maker's  eye, 

The  young  creation  flood  ; 
Kefawthe  building  from  on  high, 

His  word  pronou.nc'd  it  good, 
j/.  Lord,  while  the  frame  of  nature  ftan'ds, 

Thy  piaife  {hall  fill  my  tongue  : 
But  the  new  world  »f  grace  demands 

A  more  exalted  fong. 

CXLV1JJ.      God  rscovxded  m  Ckrip. 

l  "TXEAREST  of  all  the  names  above, 
-  JL/     My  Jefus  and  my  God  ! 
"Whoean  reiiit  thy  heavm'y  love,  _ 
Or  trifle  with  thy  blood  ? 
ft  'Tis  by  the  merits  of  thy  death 
*      The  Father  fmiles  ag-ajn  j 
'Tis  by  thine  interceding  breath 
The  fpirit  dwells  with  merj~ 
3  'Till  God,  in  humble  fleih.  I  fee, 
%      My  thoughts  no  comfoi  t  find, 
The  haiy.  juit,  and  facred  Tbne 
Are  terrors  to  my  mind, 
4  But  if  Eman'els  face  appear, 
My  hope,  myjoy  begin?  ; 
His  name  forbids  my  11  avals  fear, 
His  grace  removes  my  fins. 
§  While  Jews  on  their  own  law  rely, 
An4  Greeks- of  wifdom  boaft  j 
I  love  th'  incarnate  myltery, 
And  there  1  fix  my  truft 

CXLIX^    Honor  to  Magif  rates. 

j  T?TERNAL  Sov'reUnofthelky, 
JETj     And  L*rd  of  all  below, 
We,  mortals,  to  thymajefty 
Our  firft  obed'ence  owe 
3  0«r  fouls  adore  thy  throne  fuprfenie, 
i  ^  ^sid  bkfs  thy  providence, 


1*7  M  X  M  NS     AND  B.  ih 

"  3rbr  magistrates  of  mean  r  n  tine, 

Our  glory  and  dcferfcfe. 
3  Theraler#'of  thafe  ft*te>ma"J  mine 
With  rays  above  t  v  reft, 
Where  laws  and  iiDerties  combine 
To  make  the  nat." >«  blefs'sdi 
4-  Kingdoms  on  firm  foundation  {"rand. 
While  viitae'flnds  rewa*d  ; 
And  fin ners  perrfh  fro  n  the  land, 
liy  juftice  and  the  fwjrd. 
5  Let  Csefar'S  ciue  he  e"  er  paid 
To  Caefar  and  his  throne  ; 
But  conferences  and  fouls,  were  made 
To  be  the  Lord's  alone. 

CL.     The  Deceitfulnefs  of  Shi 

7   OIN  has  a  thoyfand  treacherous  arts 
O     To  practice  on  the  mind  j 
With  flatt'ring  looks /he  ta^aptsour  heartg, 
Eut  leaveea  fling  behind.  -  ■  v  . 

%  With  names*  of  virtue  foe  deceives 
The  a^red  and  the  young  ; 
And, while  the  heediefs  wretch  believes, 
She  makes  his  fetters  ftrong. 
%  She  pleads  for  all  the  joys  fne  brings, 
And  giver  a  fair  pretenrces 
Fur  chears  the  foul  of  heav'nly  things, 
«An3  chains  it  riewn  to  fejifes, 
4-  So,  like  atreedivirely  fair, 
Grew  the  forbidden  food  } 
Our  mother  took  the  poffhri  there, 
And  tainted-all  her  blood, 

CLf.  Prophecy  and  inft'lrat'itn . 

i   'TpWASbv  an  order*  from  the  Lord, 

X      The  ancient  prophets  fpoke  his  woud, 
His  fpirit  did  their  tongues  inipire, 
*And  warm'd  their  hearts  with  heav'nly  fir^. 
g  The  works  and  wonders  which  they  wro't, 
Confirm'd  the  meiTages  they  brought  ; 
The  prophet's  pen  fueceeds  his  breath, 
To  fave  the  holy  words  from  death. 
3   Great  God  !  mine  eyes  with  pleafure  look- 
On  the  dear  volume   of  thy  book  ; 
There  my  Redeemer's   face  1  fee, 
And  read  his  name,   who  dy'd  forme. 
Jt  Let  the  falfe  raptures  of  the  mind 
Be  loft,  and  vanifh  in  the   wind; 
Here  I  can  fix  my    hope  fecure— 
*Tiiis  is  thy  word;  and  my  ft  endurs* 


fe  if.  S  flRirUJL  SONGS. 

CLII.  Sinai  and  Sion,  Heb.  x'i.  tier.   i3,  &c 
3  VTOT  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord,  , 
-IN     The  temped,  fire,. and  fmcke  5 
Not  "to  the  thunder  of  that  word 
Which  God.  on  Sinai  fpake.. 

2  But  we,are  come  to  Ziori  s  hill, 
-,    The  city  of  Our  God, 

Where  .milder  worisdecJare  his  wil^, 
i,    -;-  And  fpread  his  love  abroad. 

3  Behold  thinnumerablehoft 

..  Of  angels,  cloath'd  in  fight  ! 

Behold  the  fpiritsof  the  juir, 

i     -  Whofe  faith  's  turn'd  to  fight! 

4  Behold  the  LI  ■£&  affembly  there,  -f 
v  Whofe  naineb  are  writ  in  heav'n  - 
And  God,  the  judge  of  all  declares 

Their  vileil  fins  foigiv'n,  1 

g  The  faints,  on  earth)  and.  all  the  dead, 
But  one  communion  make;      •   , 
All  join  in  Ch;ift,  their  living    Head? 
And  of  his  grace  partake. 
6  In  fuch  fociety  as  this 

My  weary  foul  would  reft  ; 
The  man  who  dweliswhere  Jefusis, 
Muft  be  forever  bleft, 

CLI1I.   Dijiemper,  folly,  and  wedmjs  ef  Si'^ 
t  tjiN,  like  a  venomous  difeafe,, 
i3  ii>?e£ts  our  vitaLbLood  : 
The  only  balm's  foreign  grace. 
And  the  phyiician  God, 
£  Our  beauty  and  our  fhength  is  fled, 
And  we  draw  near  to  death  5 
ButChrift,  the  Lord,  recalls  the  deaU 
With  his  almighty  bie.ub. 

5  Madnefr,  by  nature,  reigns  within, 

The  pa  (lions  burn  and    rage  :\ 
'Till  God's  own  Sen  with  fkill  dfvinej 
The  inward  fire  afliiage. 
[4  Weiickthe  dull,  we  grafp  the  windj 
And  folid  good  dsfpife  : 
Such  is  the  folly  of  the  mind, 
'Tilljeiusmak.es  us  wife. 
5  We  give,  our  fouls  the  wounds  they  fefl, 
We  drink  the  poishious  gall, 
And  rufii,  with  fin  y,  down  to  hell  j 
But  heav'n  pravents  the  fall-] 
[5  The  man  pofiVffd  among  the  toftfe*^ 
'    Guts  his  own  iiefh  i>nd  ciks : 


tin  M  T  M  N  S   A  N  £  i.  i) 

I-Je  foams  and  raves,  "till  Jefus  cornea, 

And  the  Kul  iplrit  flies. 

CLIV.  Self-RigbucKfnefs   }>:/:.£>■:  n>rt. 

V V      Who  wait  and  t . cmbie  at  my  wold  ? 

Who  w.Jkin  darknef;  all  the  dsy  ? 
.   Come  make  my  n -me  yotti  trtift  and  ftaj. 
[•£  NoWprks,  nor  duties,  of  jour  own-, 
'  Can  for  the  fmalleil  fin  atone  ; 

The  robes  wl.  ich  nature  may  ptovid*, 

Witt  not  your  leaft  po/lution  hide. 
3  The  fofteft  coucjh  which  nature  knotty 

Can  giye  the  confcien-.e  no.  repofe  :    J 

Look  to  my  right'tAifnefs,  and  live  ;      > 

•C -vrfort  and  peace  are  mine  to  give] 
4.  Ye  fans  of  pride,  who  kindle  coals 

With  jour  own  hands  to  warm  yOtir  fouls, 

V/alk  in  ihe  -light, of  ycurown  fire, 
.  'iinjoy  the  fparks  which  ye  dcfire. 
C  This  is  y^ur  portion  at  my  hands  ; 

Hell  waits  you  with  her  iron  bands  j 

Ye  inali  lie  down  in  fcrrcw  there, 

In  death,  In  darknefs.  and  difpair.'V. . 

'€LV,  Chr'tjlour  Pajc&r, 

1  T   eO,  thedeffroying  angel  flies 
\JA    r«  Pharaoh's  itubborn  land  ! 
'i  he  pride  r>nd  flnw'r  of  Egypid.es    s 
By  his  vindictive  hand. 
1  He  pafs'd  the  tents  of'Jacob  o'erj 
Nor   pour'd  the  wrath  divine  , 
He  law  the  hlcod  on  ev'rj  door, 
And  bleiVdthc  peaceful  %n. 
I  Thns«heap;x>*«red  lamb  mull:  bleed, 
To  break  tfa'  Egyptian  yoke  » 
Thus  iir'ei  is  from  bonr  .^  feed, 
And  Topes  the  angel's  rticke. 


.;.  Lord i  if  my  heart  wis  fpmkjed    |Lf* 
Wiih  bJ.'uci  f.nch  as  thine  ;    ■    5 
Juftice  no  longer  would  purfos 
•   This  guilt}  ;oul  ofmiae. 
#,  J .  fu s,  oor  pa/To ver,   was  fl  a i n , 
And  has  ";  onceproeur'd 
Fveo.dpm  from  fa  tan's  heavy  c'a.vo, 
A/id  bod^s  avenging iwordc 

CWl.  P'itjurii&ion.  eiiddifafoi 
t  "J  hate  tbetcmpttr  and  his  qharrne, 
I    1  h*ae  His  fi  it^ring  h-.  i»0 


L 


II.  SPIRITUAL     SONGS.  m 


Theferpent  takes  a  thou  fan  d  forms, 
To  cheat  our  fouls  to  d£ath. 
s  He  feeds  our  hopes  with  airy  dreams. 
Or  ki lis  with  fiaviCh  fear  ; 
And  holds  us  ftill  in  wide  extremes, 
Preemption  and  defpair. 
5  Now  he  perfuades.  hew   eafv-'cis 
To  walk,  the    oad  to  heav'n  ; 
Anon  he  fweils  our  fins,  and  cries 
They"  cannot  be  forgiv'n.   • 
£4  He  bids  young  fmne.rs  yet. .forbear 
To  think,  of  God,  or  death  ; 
ft  For  prayer  and  devotion  are 
but  melancholy  breath. 

5  Ke  tells  the  aged,  they  mult  die 

'*  And  'tis  top  late  to  pray  $ 
<(  In  vain  for  mercy  now  they  cry, 
v-       "  For  they  have  loft  their  day." 

6  Thus  he  fupports  his  cruel  throne 

By  mifchief  and  deceit  $ 
And  drags  thefons  of  Adam  down 
*    ,  To  darkuefs  and  the  pit. 
*?  Almighty  God,  cut  fhcrt  hicpow'r, 
Let  him  in  darknefs  dwell  5 
And,  that  he  vex  the  earth  no  more, 
Confine  him  down  to  hell. 

CLVIk     The  fame. 

3  IVTOW  fatan  comes  with  dreadful  roarj> 
JJnj    And  threatens  to  deftroy  ; 
He  worries  whom  he  can't  devour, 
:    With  a  malicious  joy. 
a  Ye  fons  of  God,  oppofe  hjs  rage, 
Refift  and  he'll  be  gone  , 
Thus  did  our  deareft  Lord    engage 
•  And  vanquim  him  alone. 

3  Now  he  appears  almoft  divine. 

Like  innocence  and  love  : 
But  the  old  ferpent  lurks  within, 
When  he  affumes  the  dove. 

4  Fly  from  the  falfe  deceiver's  tongue, 

Ye  fons  of  Adarrt,  fiy  ; 
Our  parents  found  the  fnare  too   ftrorigj 
Nor  Aouldthe  children  try. 

CLVIIL  Few  fatted.  :  Or,  The  almoft  Chr\ftian,  th 
~pocritey  and   Apsjiate. 

BROAD  is  the  road  which  leads  to  dtatfv 
And  thou  fa nds  valJc  together  there  j 
'Z'  £     ■ 


$S  HYMNS     ans  jh'j 

But  wjfdotnfhews  a  narr'wer  path, 

With  here  and  there  a  traveller. 
*"  "  Deny  thyfclf,  and  take  thy  crofs." 

Is  the  Reoeemer's  great  command  ! 

Nature  muft  count  her  gold  but  drof-> 

If  fhe  would  gain  this  heav'nly  land. 
5  The  fearful  foul,  who  tires  and  faints. 

And  walks  the  ways  of  God  no  more 

Is  but  efteem'd  alfnofi  a'  faint, 

Ano  makes  his  o.vndel'truCiion  fure. 
4-  Lord»  let  not  all  my  hopes  be  vain  j 

Create  my  heart  entirely  n^w; 

This  hypocrites  did  ne'er  attain, 

And  faU'e  Aporf  ates  never  knew. 

CLIX.   Unconverted  fiale  }-  or,  Converting  gr^c% 

I   jf^i  RE  AT  King  of  glory  and  of  grace  i 
\Jf   Weown,  with  humble  fname, 
How  vile  is  our  degen'rate  race, 
And  pur  frrfl  Father's  name  ! 
a  From  Adam  flows  oirr  tainted  bloody 
The  poilon  reigns  within, 
Make  us  averfe  to  all  that's  good,. 
And  willing  fiaves  to  fin. 
[3  Daily  we  break  thy  hc!y  laws, 
And  then  reject  thy  grace'j 
Efigag'd  in  the  old  ferpent's  caufe, 
Againit  our  Maker's   face.) 
4  We  live  eftrapg'd  afar  from   Gcd, 
A-ni  love  the  distance  weljj 
With  hafte  we  run  the  dang'rous  ror.t, 
Which  leads  to  death  and  hell. 
5  Ann  can  fuch  iebe!s  be  refior'd 
Such  natures  made  divi.      ? 
Let  finners  lee  thy  gioi  y,  Lord, 
And  feel  this  p>w  r  of  thh.e. 
C  We  raile  our  Father's  name  on  higfe^ 
Who  his  own  Spiiit  fends 
To  bring  rebeli'ouif  frrajjoers  nigh, 
And  turn  his  foes  to  friends. 

CLX-  Cujlom  inJliS 

1  Y     FT  the  Wild  leopards  of  the  wood 

\_j  Putoffthe  fpoti  which  natui'CgivcSj 

Then  may  the  wicked  turn  to   Gcd, 

A'-k  change  their  tempers,   arid  their    live* 
£  As  well  might  Ethiopian  (lav's 

Wafh  on*  the  .-iarkne/sof  their  (kin  ; 


The  dead  3s  weii  may  leave  their  graves,. 
As"©ld'tr^.n(g:cf:brs  crofe  to  Itt.' 


14  S  P  IcTlTUAL     S  0  M C  S,  2|3 

3  Where  vkehas  held  its  empire  long, 
'Twill  not  endure  the  leaft  controul  j 
None  but  a  pow'r  divinely^  ftrcng 
Can  turn  the  current  of  the  foul. 

ij.  Great  God  !   I  own  thy  powfr  divine, 
-  Which  foon  can  change  .this  heart  of  mine  J 
I  would   be  formed  anew,  and  blefs 
The  wonders  of  creating  grace. 

CLXI.   Cprijiian   Virtues, 
1  -QTR.  AIT  is^the  way,  the  door  is  ftrak> 

£j    Which  leads  to  joys  on  high  j 
•    'Tisbut  a  few  who  find  the  gate,, 
While  crowds  miivake  and  die. 
2,  Beloved  fe/frnuft  be  deny'd, 
The  miad  and  wilire^evr'd, 
Pafhcn  iuppreiVd,  and  patkricetry'd. 
And  vaindefiresfubdu'd. 
]j  Flelh  is  a  dang'rous  foe  to  grace, 
Where  it  prevails  and  rules  ; 
Fleili  muft  be  humbled,  pride  abas'd, 
Left  they    defhoy  our  fouls. 

4  The  Jove  of  GoM  be  b  mifiVd  hence, 

(That  vile  idokcry) 
And  ev';y  member^'  ev*ry  fenfe 
1  n  i  we  c  z  ft;  bj  e  c ti  on  lie. 

5  The  tongue,  that  me  ft  unruly  pow£r, 

Requires  a  ftrong  restraint:  "  - 

We  niuft  be  watcafV-l  ev'ry  hour, 
And  pray,  but  hrver  faint. 

6  Lord  !  -can  a  feeble  heipiefs  v/orm, 

Fulfil  a  talk  fp  hard  ? 
Thy  grace  muft  alt  my  work  perform, 
Arid  give  the  free  reward. 

CLXI.  Meditation  of  Heaven. 
j  1^  /TY  thoughts  lurmount  thefe  lower,  AK3 
-  Ji¥jL   And  look  within  the  veil  } 
'A'-he.s  fpring'sof  endlefs  pleafure  rife^ 
Whole  watei  s  sever  fail. 
2,  There  I  btliold,  Wfth  fweet  delight, 
Thebierkd  ~Xhre&inQai\ 
And.  ftrong  affections  fix'my  fight; 
On  GoJ-sincarrate  Sen. 
'  3  His  pro  mi  fe  kands  forever  firm, 
ITs  grace  fhall  ne'er  depart : 
He  binds  my  name  upon  Jiis    arm, 
And  feals  it  on  his  heart. 

a  Lighc  are  the  pains  which  nature txnijfa* 
Hjw  ilioi  tour  forrows  are,  ^ 

i,  wih  eternal  future  thingo, 
'' '%  he  pre  fen  t  we  compare,     -   .■?>. 


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5  1  would  not  be  a  ftanger  itiii 
To  that  cs!c!l',l  place, 
Wfifefe  1   forever  hope  to  dwell 
Near  my  Redeemer's  face. 

CLX1 II.      Ct nipJaJnt  of  defet  Hon  and  tem^iathrt^. 

X   "FVEAR   Lord  !  behold  our  fore  diiUeii  j 
\  _f     Our  fin?  attemttro  re:gn  ; 
Stretch  out  thine  ;>rm  of  concru'ring  grace, 
And  let  thy  Toes  be  flam. 
S  The  Lion,  with  his  dreadful  roar, 
"»      A/frights  my  fcebic  Oeep  : 
Reveal  the  glory  of  thy'pow'r, 
And  chain  ikUn  to  the  deep. 
5  Muftwe  indulge  a  long  defpair  ? 
Shall  oi_r,  petitions  die  ? 
Our  mourning'1  never  ireach  thine  ear? 
Nor  tcarb  affeft  thine  eye  ? 
$  If  rhou  defpife  a  mortal's  groan, 
*■      Yet  hear  a  Saviour1?  blood  $ 
Arj  advocate,  (o  near  the  throne, 
Pleads  and  prevails  with  God. 
5  He  bought  the  Spirit's  powerful  fword, 
To  f)  iy  ourde-adly  foes  : 
Our  fins  fhall  die  beneath  thy  word, 
And  hell  in  vain  oppose. 
C  How  boundlefs  is  our  Father's  grace, 
In  heigh  th,    nd  depth,  and  length  J 
Ke  made  his  Son  ourright'oufnefs, 
His  Spirit  is  our  ftrength. 

CLXIV.     Tbe  End  cf  the  V/o,!& 

3  \1I7HY  fliould  this  earth  delight  us  fo  ? 
V  V       Why  mould  we  fix  our  eves 
On  thefe  low  grounds,  where  forro  w s  grow^ 
And  ev'ry  pleafare  diei. 
3  While  time  his  fharpefl  teeth  prepares 
Our  COmfoi  ts  to  devour  ; 
There  is  aland  above  the  frar?, 
And  joys  above  Ins  powV. 
3  Nature  iliail  be  diffolv'd  and  die— 
The  fan  mul  end  hi.:  race  ; 
Theearth  ?.nd  fea  forever  fly, 
Before  my  Saviour's  face. 
£  When  will  that  gior'ous  morning  rife  ? 
When  the  leil  trumpet  "found  t 
Ani  call  the  nations  Co  the  fkie», 
■•  From  und«fpeaUi  thegrfeuud  ? 


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CLXV.       Uiifruitfulnefs,    Ignore* ce ,  r  ami   urjavfifed. 
jiffcclions;     . 

I  T     ONG  have  1  fat  beneath  the  found 
\_j     Of  my  Salvation,  Lord  ; 
Bat  ftil]  how  weak  my  faith  is  found, 
And  knowledge  of  thy  word  I  ; 
2,  Oft  I  frequent  thy  holy  place, 
And  hear  a'imcrr  in  vain  : 
How  fmaii  a  r  oi  tinn  of  thy  g*ice 
My  mem' n  can  retain  !        :■*■■  **J . 

%  My  dear  Almighty,  and  my  God, 

-  How  iiitie  ar;  than  known 
By  all  the  judgments  of  thy  rod, 

'  "And  bkjflings  of  thy  throne  ! 
a  How  cold  and  feeble  is  mv  love! 
Haw  negligent  my /ear  ! 
How  iow  mv  hope  of  joys  above  ! 
How  few  affections  there  : 
q  P'reat  God  !   thy  fov'reign  pcwV  imparl 
To  give  thy  word  fccxefs  ; 
Write  thy  falvaticn  in  my  heart, 
And  make  me  learn  tliy. grace. 
6  Shewmv  forgetful  feet  the  way 

Which Jeads  to jov's  on  high;  J 

There  knowledge  grows  without  decay, 
•  And  love  iixaii  never  die. 

CLXVI.    Tfe Divine  PerfcEilon^ 

3  TTOW   ftalll  praife  th'  eternal  God, 
t*\      that  Infinite  Unknown  ? 

Who  can  afcend  his  high  abode, 

Or  ventuie  near  his  throne  ? 

a  The  great  Invifible  !•  He  dwells 

Qoaceal'd  in  daza'Sang light  j 

But  his  all-feai  ching  eye  reveals 

The  fecrets  of  the  right. 

-  Thofe  watch  ml  eyes,  which  never  fiee?^ 
'•      Survey  the  world  ar curia  ; 

His'wifaom  is  a'baundJefs  deep, 

Where  ali  onr  thoughts  are  drown'd. 

4  Speak  we  of  .ftre.ngth  ?  His  arm  is  ftron& 

To  iave,  or  to  deftrcy  ; 
Infinite  years  his  life  prolog, 
"  Andendlefs  is  hisjoy. 
c  He  knows  no  fhado*'  of  a  change, 
Nor  alters  his  decrees  ; 
Firm  as  a  rozk  his  ru:h  rei»aif& 
i  To  guard  his  proimfe^. 


*<s  b  r  m  n  s    a  n  &  3.  r 

6  Sinners  before  his  prefence  die  j 

H^w  holy  is  his  pame  ' 
His  anger  and  hiejeaicufy 
Bum  like  devouring  flame. 

7  Juvtice,  upon  a  dre?..ii\u  throne, 

Maintains  the  rights  of  God  ; 
WhHe  mercy  fends  her  pardons  dow;^ 

Bought  with  a  Saviour's  blood.      ' 
3  Now  to  my  foul,  im mortal  King, 

Sp-ak  Tome  forgiving  word  ;  , 
Then'twili  be  doubie  joy  to  ling 

The  glomes  of'  the  Lord. 

CLXVII.      The  Divine  Perfea'ws* 

%   f*  RE  \T  God  !  thy  glories  frail  employ 

VJT      ;-Jv  holy  fear,  my  humble  joy  ! 

My  lips,  in  fongs  or"  honor,  bring 

Their  tribute  to  th' eternal  King. 
S  Earth  and  the  ftars-,  and  worlds  unknown^ 

Depend  precarious  on  his  throne  $ 

All  nature  hangs  upon  his  wo'd. 

And  grace  and  glory  own  their  Lord. 

3  His  fov'reign  pow'r  what  mortal  knows  ? 
If  he  command  who  dare  oppofe  ? 
Wi;h  ftrengthhe  girds  hinTeif  around, 
And  treads  the  rebels  to  the  tround. 

4  Who  fhal]  pretend  to  teach  him  ikill  ? 
Or  guide  the  counfets  of  his  wiii  ? 
His  wiidom,  like  a  Tea  divine, 
Flows  deepand  high  beyond  oui  line. 

5  His  name i j-  holy  and  his  eye 
Burns  with  immortal  jeiioufy  ; 

He  hates  the  fansef  pride — and  fheds 

His  fiery  vengeance  on  their  hea^s. 
€  The  beamings  of  his  piercing  fight, 

Brine  dark  hypocrify  to  light  ; 

Death  and  deftruclion  n.kedlie, 

And  hrell  uncover  d  to  his  eye 
7  Th'  eternal  law  before  him  Hands  j 

Hisjuftice  with  impartial  hands, 

Divide?  to  all  their  due  reward, 

Or  by  the  fceptr%  01   the  fword. 
S  His  mercy,  like  a  bourHlefs  iea, 

Waflies  our  loads  of  guilt  away  ; 

"While  his  own  Son  came  down  and  dy\!, 

T'.  engage  his  jufticeon  our  fide. 
g  Each  of  hi  i  words  demands  my  faith, 

My  foul  cm  reft  on  all  he  faith  j 

His  truth  inviohlly  keeps 

The  kr^eft  promife  of  his  lips. 


E.  It.  SPIRITUAL    SO  2v  £  5 .  S£& 

30  Oh,  tell  me,  with  a  gentle  voice^ 
Thou  art  my  God — ■and  I'lWsjoice  I 
FiH'd  with  thy  love,  i  dare  pre  claim 
The  brighteft  honors  oi"  thy  name. 

CLXVIII.     The  fame, 

1  TEHOVAH  reigns,  his-throne  is  high-* 
\j-      His  fbbes  are  light  and  maj'erVy, 

His  glory  mines  with  beams  lo  bright 
No  mortals  can  fuitain  the  light. 
a  His  terrors  keep  the  world  in  awe 
His  juflice  guards  his  holy  law  ; 
His  love  reveals  a  tmiiingtxce, 
His  truth  and  prorniie  feal  the  grccs, 

3  Thro'  all  his  works  hiswifdom  mines 
And  baffles  fatan:s  deepdefigns  j 
His  pow'r  is  iovh-ejgn  to  fulfil. 

The  nobler*  counfds.  of  his  will. 

4  "And  will  this  glorVas  Lordoefcend 
To  be  my  Father,- and  my  Friend  ? 
Thenletmyfongs  with  angels  join— 
Heav'n  is  Secure,  if  God  be  mine, 

— CLXfX.     The  fame.- — — 

2  /"T"*HE  Lord  Jehovah   reigns, 

I        His  throne  is  built  on  high  I 
The  garments  he  afTumts, 
Are  light  and  maj  :fly  : 

His  glories  mine 

With  beams  lo  bright, 

No  .mortal  eye 

Can  bear  the  fight. 
s  The  thunders  of  his  hand 
Keep  the  \*ide  wo:  Id  in  awe  5 
His  wrath  and  juffice  fta.nd 
To  guard  his  holy  law  : 

And  where  his  love 

Refolves  to  blefc, 

His  truth  confirms 

And  feaJs  the  grace.    . 

5  Throueh  all  his  ancient  works. 
Surpriiing  wifdom  Ihines, 
Confounds  the  pDw'rs  of  hell, 
And  breaks  their  curs'd  defignsj 

Strong  is  his  arm, 
And  fhall  fulfil 
His  great  decrees, 
His  foy'reign  will. 
a  And  can  this  mighty  King 
ij'f  glory  condefeend  * 


vr  nrhiNs    and 

And  wl'l  hi  w!  ice  JiTs  name 
My  Faihertind  my  Friend  ? 

J  love  his  name, 

J  love  his  woru  ; 

Join  all  my  pow'is 

A  j%d  p a i  fe  the  Lo rd . 

C  LX  X .     CW  Incowprehenfihh  and  S^.^re'gi?, 

I  /^AN  creatures  to  perfection  find 
V^  Tli5  eternal  imcreated  rnir.-'  ? 
Or  can  thrlavgeft  ivreixhof  thought 
Mtaftrre  aiid  fearch  his  nature  out  ? 

%  ,Tis  high. as  heav'n^'ti"5  d-ep  as  hell, 
£nd  whatcan mortals khow  or  teil  } 
Kis  g'oiy  lprea.  s  beyond  the  Iky, 
And  all  the  ihining  worlds  on  high. 

3  But  man,  invain,  would  fair  be  wife  ; 
Born  like  a  wild  young  colt, he  f, \z3 
Thro'   all  the  follies  of  his  mind,       • 
And  fmelis  and  fnufJs  the  em^ty  wind* 

4  God  is  a  King  of  pow  1  unknown. 
Firm  r.re  the  orders  of  his  throne  : 
Jf  he  refolves  who  da  re  oppofe, 
Or  aikhim  why,  or  what  he  does  ? 

e,  He  wounds  the  heart,  and  he  makes  whole 

He  calms  the  tempeft  of  the  foul  : 

When  he  fhuts  up  in  Jong  defpair, 

Who  can  remove  the  heavy  bar  ? 
fs  He  frowns,  and  darkneis  veils  the  moon, 

The  fainting  fun  grows  dim  at  noon  : 

The  pillars  of  heav'ns  fUrry  roof 

Tremble  and  flart  at  his  reproof. 

7  He  gave  the  vaulted  heav'n- their  form, 
The  crsoked  ferpent  and  the  worm  .; 
He.  breaks  the  billows  with  his  breath, 
And  fmites  thefons  of  pride  to  death. 

8  Thefe  are  a  portion  of  his  ways  ; 
But  who  ihal!  daredefcribe  his  face? 
"Who  can  endure  his  Jigh*:,  or  (rand 
To  hear  the  thunders  of  Jus  hand. 


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Book   hi. 

Prepared frr  the  Holy  Ordinance  of  the 

I    O   R    D's    S    U   P   P   E    R. 

a  i  1 1   ■  ■  n  •   i  .  '  ■ „,-,,'  -  - 

j.     The  Lord'' sSuppzrhiJliftited,   i  CDr.  xi, 

I  'HnWAS  onthatdark,  that  doleful  night, 
J.     When  pow'rs  of  earth  and  hell  arofe, 

Againfl  the  Son  of  God's  delight, 

And  friends,  betray'd  him  to  his  foes. 
%  Before  the  mournful  fcene  began, 

He  took  the  bread,  and  bleff'd,  and  brake  s 

What  love  through  all  his  actions  ran  ! 

Whst  wond'rous-  words  of  grace  he  fpake  ; 

3  This  is  my  body,  broke  for  fin, 
Receive  and  eat  the  living  food  : 

Then  took  the  cup,  and  blefs'd  the  wine  j 
*Tis  the  new  cov'nant  in  my  blood. 

4  For  us  his  flefh  with  nails  was  torn. 
He  bore  the  fcourge,  he  felt  the  thonfc : 
And  juftice  pour'd  upon  his  head 

Its  heavy  vengeance  in  our  ftead. 

5  For  us  his  vital  blood  was  fpilt, 
To  buy  the  pardon  of  our  guilt  ; 
When,  for  b!ack  crimes  of  biggeft  fize, 
He  gave  his  foul  a  facriike. 

6  Do  this  (he  cry'd)  'till  time  fhall  endj 
In  memory  of  your  dying  friend  j 
Meet  at  my  table,  and  record: 

The  love  of  your  departed  Lord." 

7  Jefus,  thy  feaft  we  celebrate. 

We  (hew  thy  death,. we flag  thy  name, 
'Till  thou  return,  and  we  fhall  sa': 
The  marriage fupper  of  the  Lamb, 

II.  -  Communion  ivlth >  Chrift  and  with  Saints,  iC%.  its 
1 5,  c7. 

I    JESUS  invites  his  faia& 
tj      To  meet  around  his  bo&rd  j 
Here  pardon'd  rebels  fit  and  hc^* 
^oarmunion  with  their  Lorc'« 

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<£  For  food  he  gives  his  fle-fh  ; 
Hebidsus  drink  his  hiood  : 
Amazing  F'.vor  !   mai-chlefsgrace^- 
Of  our  defcefldingGod  1 
g-  This  holy  bread  and  wine, 

Maintain  our  fainting  breach, 
By  union  with  our  living  Lord, 
And  int'reft  in  his  death. 

4  Our  heav'nly  Father  calls 

Chrift  a'n.d'his  members  one  ! 
We  the  young  children  of  his  Iove> 
And  he  the  fir  {*  born  Sonr 

5  We  are  but  fev'ral  parts 

Of  the  fame  broken  bread  ;    . 
One  body,  with  iis  fev'ral  iimb§> 
But  Jefus  is  the  head. 

6  Let  all  our  pow'xs  be  joind 

His  glor'ous  name  to  raife  : 
iMeafure  and  love  fill  ev'ry  mind, 
And  ev'ry  voice  be  praife. 

III.     The  New  Covenant/^/isV 

5  •*  '"jpHE  prormfe  of  my  Father's  lo  e 
X        "  Shall  frajid  fnrever  good  r5 
ile.faid — and  gave  his  foul  to  death, 
Ahdfeard  the  grace  with  blood. 
S  To  this  dear  cov  nar.t  of  thy  word 
I  fet  my  worthle/s  name; 
t  feal  th'  engagement  with  my  Lord, 
And  make  my  humble  claim--. 
~  The  light,  and  ftrength,  and  pird'ning  gratsjj^ 
•-And  glory  mall  be  mine  ; 
My  iife  and  fouj,  my  heart  and  Keftx, 
And  all  my  pow'fJ  2re  thine. 
$  I  ~c al  1  tha  1 1  -  g  acy4  my  ,own , 

Which  Jefas  did  bequeath  ; 
'Twas  purchased  with  a  dying  groan, 
And  ratify'd  in  death. 
5  Sweet  is  the  memVy  of  his  name 
Who  blefs'd  us  in  his  jdill, 
And  to  his  teftament  of  love 
Made  his  own  life  the  feal. 


IV".     Ch-rift's  Dying  L&ac, 

V  fond efcen dine:,  r.nJ  how  kir 
Was  God's  et«rnal  Son  ! 
B^JrmVry  jcach'd  hisjiravn'ly  nTiAi-, 


tf.u.  spizitu^l   SONGS*  i«t 

WVn  jtjSioe,  by  our  fins  provok;ds 
Drcvv  forth  its  dreadful  fword,      i 
He  gave  his  foul  up  to  the  ftroke, 
Withcuta  murm'ring  word. 
t  He  folk  beneath  our  heavy  woes. 
Ters>fe  us  ^>  his  throne  : 
There's  ne'er  a  gift  his  iiand'beftpws. 
But  coil  his  heart  a  groan.  - 

4  This  was  conWfTion  Kke  a  God.     ' 
'fr,1Tkjt  u''i«  Che  Saviour  knew 
A.ne  price  of  pardon  was  his  bl«id3 
His  pi  ty  jfe'e?  wi  thd  rew.      -.  •    -    . 
iNTJ>  ***/»  ff.fe%^  exalted  higk 

Wen  he  remembers  Caivary 
Kor  let  his  faiftts  forget* 
[Here  we  bihoid  his  bowels  roll 
As  kind  a<:  when  he  dy'd  -  ' 
And  fee"  the  fcrrows  of  his  foiii, 
Bieed  £■  rough  his  wounded  i]j.t. 

.  H^T  vec/ivz  reapeatad  fsajs     • 

<-»f  JfUis*  dying  ioye  : 
KsrJ  is  the  wretch  who  never  feds 
.    One  ioit  arr^oion  move. 
fjere  let  our  head's  begin  to  melt, 


;  While 


"we  nis  deatn  record. 


Asr',  uith  gur joy  for  p'ardon'd  guilfi, 
Mourn  that  we  pkre'd  the  Lord.     ' 

^     CP^:^2rfadcfLifet  Johnvi.  3.    ,c 

T.E1:ruS^^' eternal  Word,      *"     ~~*  S* 

And  tnou  tn'  immortal  Bread.  -. 

bu.jeiusfromsbove^  '      '*- 

And  rive.s  flow  with  love  ' -A 

The  Jews,  ^  fathers  dy'd  'at  Ja& 

w  no  eat  thsheav'nly  bread:      .     " 
putthefe  Drovifion«f  tok:^?,  «. 

'u-ij.:..u  tying jaen  } 
i^eft  v. e  mould  r,iat  again 


se,  h  x  m  n  s   a  n  D  t>.  hi 

6  Daily  our. mortal fteafh  decays, 

But  Chtift,  our  life,  (hail  come  j 
His  unrefined  pow^  mui!  raife 
Our  bodies  from  the- tomb. 

VI.  Tie  Memorial  of 'our  hhfent  Lord,  John   xvi.,  i£, 

Luke  xxii.  19.  John  xiv.   *." 

I     YESU3  is  gone  above  the  fkies, 

.jj    Where  ourweak  ienfes  reach  him  not  j 

And  carnal  objects  court  our  eyes, 

To  thru  ft  our  Saviour  from  our  thought. 
S  He  knows  what  wand  Vine;  hearts  we  b&Vi* 
■  Apt  to  forget  his  lovely  face  ; 

And,  to  refVeih  our  minds,  hj  gave, 

Theie  kind  memo'rals  of  his  grace. 

3  The  Lord  of  life  this  table  fpread, 
;  With  his  cv.  n  flefli  and  dying  biood, 

We  on  the  r'.cii  prc.vi.lon  fee  1, 

And  tafte  the  wire,  and  bkTs  our  God. 

4  Letfinful  fweets  be  all  forgot, 
And  earth  grow  iefs  in  ouirtefteem  j 
Chrift  and  his  love  fill  e.v'ry  t'l  Mir.!.r; 
And  faithand  hope  be  fix'd  on  him. 

5  WP'h-Ift  he  is  abfent  from  our  fight, 

Tis  to  prepare  ci:r  iou's-a  pl?Xe  ; 
ThatAve may  live  in  heav'ch 
And  dweii  fa:  ever  near  his  i   re. 
*  Our  eyes  look  upwards  to  the  h'i.'s 
Whence  our  if  turning  Lord  fhnli  come-5 
We  waituth^  chat'ot's  awfuliyheeif., 
To  fetch  oar  longing  fjifiisiwrne. 

VII.  Cruiifixhn  to  the  World,  !y  tie  Chft  cf  Chri|L 

Gal.  vj     [4. 

I  "\"K  7"TTEN  Ifurvey  the  wond'rous  croft 
V  V      On  which  the  Prinee  of  giof)  dy'd, 

My  rjcheft  gain  i  count  but  1  $W 

And  pour  conternpton  a'!  rriy  pri  !e. 
%  Fori  :    i  ,  Lo  d:  that  I  :'-    i\W  boa  ft, 
!;  of  Chrift,  my  C 

All  thev.tin  thing;  wriich  c:  arm  m«  aa< 

3    1   c  inee  them  to  his  bloojj. 
S  See  from  Li*  head,  "his  hands,  hrsftat, 

Sorro.v  and  love  flow  ..-.'. 

Old  e'^r  luchlove  and  forVow  m 

Or  I 

4  His  dyin^Cii?  i. 

.   .    .:'.  ...     


B.1H.  SPIRITUAL    SONGS,  i& 

Then  am  I. dead  to  all  the  globe, 

And  all  the  globe  is  dead  to  me. 
5  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mjne, 
'    That  were  a  prefent  far  too  fmall  :    ; 

Love  fo  amazing,  fo  divine, 

Demands  my  foul,  my  life,  my  all. 


f  _ _V  III .     The  Tree  of  Life — 

I    jT^  OME,  let  us  join  a  chearful  tune 
\^j     To  our  exalted  Lord—  ; 
Ye  faints  on  high,  around  his  thron£, 
-  And  we  around  his  board. 

5  While  once,  upon  this  lower  ground 
%    '  Weary  and  faint  ye  flood. 

What  dear  refreshment  here  ye  found 
■From  this  immortal  fool  '• 

3  The  tre?  of  life,  whitm  near  the  throne 

In  heav'n's  high  garden  grows, 
Laden  with  grace,  bends  gently  down 
Its  ever  fmilirig  bough?. 

4  Hov'ring  among  the  leaves,  there  funds 

The  fweet  caeleftial  Dove, 
And  Jefus  on  the  branches  hangs 
The  banner  of  fiis  love. 
e  Tis  ayoungheav'n  of  Arrange  delight 
While  in  his  made  we  fit ; 
His  fruit  is  pleafing  to  the  fight, 
And  to  the  tafte  as  fweet. 

6  New  life,  it  fpreads  through  dying  hearts, 

And  cheais  the  drooping  mind  $ 
yigor,  and  joy  thejuice  imparts, 

Without  a  fiing  Jehind, 
j  .=How  let  the  flaming  weapon  Hand, 

And  guard  all  Eden  s  trees  j 
There's  ne'er  a  plant  in  all  that  land 

Which  bears  fuch  fruit  aa  thefe. 
|  Infinite  grace  our  fouls  adore 

Whofe  wond'rous  hand*  has  made^ 
This  liTing  branch  of  fov'rtign  pow  r 

To  raife  and  heal  the  dead. 

2X»     The  Spirit,  the  Water  and  the  B&&,  ?  l&*  v.  5' 
5  T     ET  ill  our  tongues  be  one. 
i  _|_^     To  praife  our  God  on  high, 
WTho  from  his  bofom  lent  his  Son, 
To  fetch  us  ftrangers  ni^h. 
%  Nor  let  our  voices  ceafe 
'   "  To  flag  the  Saviour's  j^afte  \ 


k«4  HT  M  N  S     A  N  &  S4,^- 

?J=fns,  tW  Amoaffadorof  pe*ce, 
How  chearfuily  he  came  ! 
3  It  coft  him  cries  and  teafs 
To  bring  us  near  to  Grid-; 
Great  was  our  debt,  sndhe  appear^ 
To  make  the  payment  goo.'. 
4.  My  Saviour's  pierced  fide 
Pour'd  outa  double  flfoi  , 
By  ifaterwe  a-e  purifv  l49 
And  pardoiTd  by  thebloodt 
5  Infimtj  "was  our  guilt, 

ButHe,  our  Priest,  a.tmes; 
On  the  cold  ground  h's  life  '.vas  fpllt, 
And  offer*d  with  his  groans. 
6  Look  up  my  foul,  to  him 

Whofe  death  was  thy  defert, 
And  humbly  view  the  living 4re'a«a. 
Flow  from  h;s  breaking  heart.  A 
7^  There  on  the  cu:  ted  tree, 
In  dying  pangs  he  ijes, 
Fulih  his  Fathers   great  >lscie%, 
And  all  our  wants  fupf^e:. 
<l  Thus  the  Redeemercame, 
By  water,  and  bv  blood  : 
An-i  where  the  Spirit  fpeaks  the  fans* 
We   feel  his  witnefs  good. 
9  While  the  eternal  Three 
Bear  their  record  :^hoV^» 
Then  I  believe  he  dy'd  for  me, 

And  fealrny  Saviour's  love.  _. 

{  (•  Lord,  cleanfe  my  foul  from  ii'», 
Nor  W  thy  grace  depart  ; 
£reat  Comforter  !   abide  within. 
And  witnefs  to  my  he^rt. 

X    Chrifl  Cruaffd  ;  Tbt  Wijdom  and  Poioer  ef  Gad. 

£  1WTATURE  with  on-n  volume  nands, 

J.  M    To  fpread  her  Maker's  praife  a'proad  i 

Aridev'ry  laoor  of  his  hands 

Shews  fome thing  worthy  of  a  God 
2   But  in  the  grace  which  refcu'd  man, 

His  bright-it  firm   of  glorv    faints  $ 

H»re,  on  the  crofs,  'tis  fairelt    drawn 

In  precious  bjood,and  crimfon  lines. 
(j  Hsrehi;  who'e  name  appears   complete 

Nor  wit  C3n  guefs,  norreafon  prove, 

'Which  of  the  "letters  beit  is  writ, 

The  pow'r,  the  wifdom,  or  the  love.] 

Here  I  behold  hisinmo.'t  heart, 

'Viisre  gracs_a:id  venose;  foaa^ely  jto^ 


Piercing   his  Son  with  ftarj,  eft  fm art, 
To  make  the  purchasV.  pieafures  mine. 
5  Oh  !  the  fweet  wonders  of. that  crofs, 
Where  God.  the  Saviour,  iivjd  and  dy'd  ! 
•Her  nobieft  life  my,  fpiric  draws 
,  From  his  dear  wounds,  and.,  bleeding  fide* 
6,1  would  fbrever  fpeak  his  name 
In  founds  of  mortal  cares  unknown, 
With  angelsjcm  to  pr  a  he  the  Lamb, 
And  vrorfhip  at  his  Father's  throne. 

JCI.  Pardon  hrougbt  to  our  ferfesi 

S   T    °RD>how  d i vine  thy  comforts  are 'f 
JL-i  How  heav'nJy  is  the  place, 


wh«fe  Jefus  fpreads  the  facred  fea'ft 
Of  his  redeeming  grsce  ! 

Here  the  rich  bounties  of  our  God, 

£  A"d  fweeteft  glories  mine: 

Here  Jefus  fays,  that  I  am  his, 
I         And  my  beloved's  "mine. 
IS  Here„  (fays  the  kind  reaming  LorS, 
I     -    Ana  mews  his  wounded  fide) 

«  wf-'Vhe  fPr5n&  °f  ail  your  joys, 
f*  Which  open\d  vjien  I  dy'd  1" 

P  *£  5?*?*  ?f.  C^earS  ™y  ^urnful  hew?, 

And  tells  of  all  his  pain  :  * 

**  All  this,  fays  he,  I  bore  for  thee." 
i        And  then  he  fmiies  again.} 
%  What  mall  we  pay  our  heav'nly  Kin« 

For  grace  fo  vaft  as  this  ?  & 

i   He  brings  our  pardon  to  our  eyes 

And  isals  it  with  a  kifs.  * 

^6  Letfuch  amazing  loves  as  thefe 
,       Be  founded  all  abroad  ; 
i   Such  favors  are  beyond  degrees,: 

And  worthy  of  a  God.] 
J  To  himwhowam'd  us  inhis  bl©^ 
(       BeeverJafting  praife  ; 
\  Salvation,  honor,  glory  pow'r, 
internal  as  his  dsfys. 

XIL-?keG0fi>elFeeft,  Luke  *] v.  iS,  &&£ 

HOW  rich  are  thy  provifians,  Lord  • 
Thy  tab  efurmlh^  from  above.' 

The  cup  o  erflows  with  heaVnly  love   * 
Thine  ancient  family,  the  Jews, 
Werefirft  invited  to  the  feaft  . 
W.e ;  humbly  take  what  they  refute- 
And  Gtttites  thy  falvwion  &&?:,'  ? 


l6o  H  T  M  NS     A  N  2>  B.  W. 

3  We  aivlta  poor,  the  blind,  the  lame  ; 

And  help  was  far,  and  death  was    nigh  ! 
But,  at  tilt  gofpei-call,  w*   came, 

And  ev'iywant  receiv  d  fupply. 
g.  From  the  high  way  which  leads  to  hell, 

From  paths  of  !a  rknefe  and  difpair, 

Lord,  we  are  corns  with  thee  to    dwell, 

Gla;  to  enjoy  thy  prefenr.e  hzre.] 
fj  What  mall  we  pay  th'  eternal  Son, 

Who  kit  the  heav  n  of  his  abode, 

An^to  this  wretched  earth  came  dow«. 

To  briugui  wand  'rets  back  to  God  !' 
6  Jt  coft  him  death  to  fave  our  lives  j 

To  buy  our  fouls>  it  coft  his  own  ; 

And  ailthe  unknown  joys  he  gives, 

Were  boaghtwith  agonies  unknown. 
j  Our  everlafting  'eve  is  due 

'I  f  him  who  j  a.  fom'd  finners  loft  5 

And  pity'd  rebels,  when  he  knew 
.  Tnevaft  exoence  his  love  would  coft.  J 

XIII.   Divine  Lcve  making  a   Feafiy  end  ctllixg  in  tb- 
Guefts  Luke  xiv'»  17,   tz,  13. 

I  T  TOWfweet  and  awful  is  the  place. 
£1   With  Chrift  within  the  doors, 
While  ever)att:ng  love  difplays 
The  choiceft  of  her  ftojea  ! 
%  Kere  ev'ry  bcwel  of  our  God 
With  i'oft  compaffion  ions; 
Here  peace  ar.d  pardon  bought  with  blool, 
Is  food  for  dying  fouls. 
£5  While  all  our  hearts    and  all  our  fongs 
Join  to  admire  die  reaft 
Each  of  us  cry,  with  thankful  tongues, 
"  Lord,  why  was  1  a  gueft  ? 
4,   (<  Why  was  I  made  to  hear  thy  voice, 
'*  And  ente»  vi'hhe   there's  room  5 
f*  When  thoufauds  make  a  wretched  choice, 
"   And  rather  ftarve  than  come  r 
e  'Twas  the  fame  love  which  fprrad   the  feaft? 
That  wert, .  fore'd  us    ia  j 
£l:'e  we  hao  ft  ill  refused  to  tafte, 
And  perim'  d  in  our  iin . 
[6  £ity  the  n  :';ons,  O  our  God, 
Coftftrain  the  ea.th  to  come  j 
Send  thy  viclci  ous  word  abroad, 
.  And  brin^  the  Arrangers   home. 

"jflLWe  long  to  fee  thy  churches  full,     ..  - 
7     That  all  the  chofen  race 
71  ay  with  one  voice,  one  heart,  OH?  f«\ri». 
5»j|  tkj  xedfgim'pz  grace,  j. 


g.  in.-  SP  JRI TUAL     SONGS. 

»  - 

XIV.  1  be  Jong  of  Simeon  -,  Luke   ii,  ^8,  or,  A  S^bt 

cJChr'iii  makes  death  tajy. 

I  \jO\7  have  our  hearts  embrac'd  our  God, 

.UNI-  We  would  forget  all  earthly  charms 

And  wifh  to  die,  as  Simeon  Would 

With  his  young  Saviour  in  his  arms. 
S  Our  lips  mould  Learn  that joyful  fong, 

Wei  e  but  our  hearts  prepar  d  like    his  ^ 

"  Our  fouls  frill  waiting  to  be  gone, 

li   And  at  thy  word  depart  in  peace. 
I  Here  we  have  feeri  thy  face,  O  Lord, 

AnJ  view'd  falvatioh  with  our  eyes, 

Tafted  and  feit  the  living  word,  . 
,:   The  bread  defc en-ding  from  the  ficies, 
4.  Thou  haft  preparfd  this  dying  Lamb, 

Haft  fet  his  blood  before  our  face, 

To  teach  the  terrors  of  thy  name, 

And  ihewtne  wonders  of  thjgraee<> 
5  He  is  our  light  our  morning-irar 

Shall  fhine  on  nations  ^efunknovvn  ;; 

The  glory  of  thine iiV el  here, 

And  joy  cf  fpirts  near  thy  throne." 

,      XY.  OkrLcrdJzfuiat  bis  canTcc^ 

1  '"TPHIE  mem'ry  of  our  dying. Lord 
X      Awakes^  -thankful 'tongue  ; 
How  rich  he  fpread  his  royal  biood, 
-  Andbl'efs'dthe  food,   and  fung. 
%  Happy  the  men  who  eat  h\i  bread, 
But  doubly-^tefs'd   was  he 
Who  gently  bow'd  his  loving  head, 
.  AndJean'd  it,  Lord,  on  Thee* 

3  By  faith  the  fame  delights  we  ta£e 

'As  that  gteat  fav'rite  did. 
And  fit  and  lean  on  Jefus'  breaffr, 
,       And  take  the  heav'nly   bread, 

4  Down  from  the  palace  of  the  /kieSj 

Hither  the  Kin^  defcends  ! 


*«l 


*"  Come,  my  beloved,  eat    (he  cries) 
'*  And  drink  falvatiun,  friends. 
£S  "  My  flefli  is  food  and  pbyf:c  too, 
■    fS  A  balm  for  an  our  pains  : 
((  And  the  red  ftreams  of  pardon  Rovf 
."  Fio'n  thefe  my  peirced  veins." 
6  Hofanna  to  his  bount'ous  love, 
Fox  foch  a  feaft  below  ! 
And  yet  he  feeds  his  faints  above 
With  nobler  bleilings  too. 
-!  Qotne  the  dear  day  the  gjdr'o'us  hoiir 
V!7hich  brings  our  foals  to  reft  I 

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H  T  M  N  S    A  N  D  B.  U% 


Then  we  mall  need  thefe  types  no  more. 
But  dwell  at  th'  heav'nly  feaft. 

XVI.  The  Agonks  cf  ChrlH. 

j  "\TOW  let  our  pains  be  all  forgot, 
xNj    Our  hearts  no  more  repine  ; 
Our  fuft7 rings    are  not  worth  a  thought* 
When,  Lord,  eompar'd  with    thine* 
2  In  lively  figures  here  we  fee 

The  bleeding   Prince  of  Jove  ; 
Each  of  us  hope  he  dy'd  for  me, 
And  then  our  griefs  remove. 
£3  Our  humble  faith  here  takes  her  rjfi<* 
While  fitting  round  his  board  }        *** 
And  back  to  Calvary  he  flies, 
To  view  her  groaning  Lord 
4  His  foul,  what  agonies  it  felt 
When  his  own  God  withdrew  J 
And  the  large  lo^d  of  all  our  guilt 
Lay  heavy  on  him  too, 
§  But  the  divinity  within* 
Supported  him  to  bear  5 
Dying,  he  conquer'd  hell  and  fin't 
And  made  his  triumph  there. 

6  Grace,  wifdom,ju{l*!ce  jfcin'd  and  wrought 

The  wonders  of  that  day  : 
No  mortal  tongae  nor  mortal  thought 
Can  equal  thanks  repay. 

7  Our  hymns  fhoiild  found  iikethofe  abovey 

Could  we  our  voicesraife  ; 
Yet,  Lord,  our  hearts  mall  ft:  13  be  Jove, 
And  all  our  lives  be  praife. 

XVII.  The  FleJIj  and  Blood  e/Chrifo, 

I  TTTE  fing  th1  amazing  de»ds 

V  V     Which  grace  divine  performs  ; 
Th' eternal  Gcd  comes  down  and  bjeedi- 
To  nourifh  dying  worms. 
a  This  foul -reviving  wine, 

Dear  Saviotir,  'tisth?<  blood  ; 
We'thank  that  facfed  fleih  of  thine* 
For  this  immortal  food. 
3TThe  banquet  which  we  eat 
Is  made  cf  heav'nly  things  j 
.""ftfrth  hath  no  dainties  half  fo  f^tet 
As  our  Redeemer  brings. 
$-In  vain  had  Adam  fought^ 

And  fearch'd  hi^  garden  round  ; 
J^Arjsiiere  was  no  fuch  ble^ed  tru'.". 
JKlSH  th&h»ppy  grtfir^V- 


%.XII.  SPIRITUAL    SpWGS.  l5g 

5  Th'  angelic  hoft  above 

Can  never  tafte  this  food  ; 
They  feaft  upon  their  Makers  love 
Bat  not  a  Saviour's  Blood. 

6  On  us  th«  almighty  Lord 

T3eftows  this  matchlefs  grace  : 
And  meets  us  with  fome  ch earing  word 

With  pleafurem  his  face.  '-'*. 

•7  Cpme,  all  ye  drooping  faints  j 

And  banquet  with,  the  King';. 
This  wine  will  drown  your  fad  complaints, 

And  tune  your  voice  to  nng, 
§  Salvation  to  the  name 

Of  our  adored  Chrif;  ; 
Thro'  the  wide  earth  his  grace  pro claifS^ 

His  glory  "in  the  bigh'ft.  -'- 

XVIII.     Thefame. 

7  TESU3  !  we  bow  before  thy  feet  I 
«J    Thy  table  is  divinely  ftor'd  ! 
Thy  facred  fleih  our  fouls  have  eat, 
'Tis  living  brea:l--we  thank  thee,  Lord  £, 

S  And  here  we  drink  our  Saviour's  blood  5 
'We  thajak  thee,  Lord  !   'tisgen'rous  wine^ 
Mingled  "with 'love,  the  fountain  gow'd 
From  that  dear  bleeding  heart  of  thine. 

3  On  earSh  is  no  fuch  fweetnefs  found, 

for  the  Lamb's  fleja  is  heav'nly  food  ;  -* 

in  vain  we  fearchthe  globe  around 
For  bread  fo  fine,  or  wine  fo  good. 

4  Carnal  provisions  can  at  bell, 

But  chear  the  heart  or  wirm  the  head  3, 
But  the  rich  cord'al  which  wetafte,     ' 
Gives  life  eternal  to  the  dead., 
$  Praife  to  the  Mafter  of  the  feaft, 
His  name  our  fouls  forever  blefs  ; 
To  God  the  King,  and  God  the  Priefl, 
Aloud  hofauria  round  the*  place. 

XIX.     Glory  \n  the  Qroj% 

2     A  T  thy  command,  our  deareit  Lord, 
■■/l  Here  we  attend  thy  dying  feall  ;    *  * 
Thy  blood,  like  wine,  adorns  the  boards 
And  thy  owa  flem  feeds  ey'ry  gueft.    '       * 

5  Our  faith  adores  thy  bleeding  love, 
'And  truft  forlife  in  one  whody'di 
We  hope  for  heavenly  crowns  above^' 
Myiia  a  JSUdeerser  cr^lV.d. 


!jg  II  T  U  N  S     A  N  D  %  \ll» 

3  iL'ettnevain  #orld  pronounce  itfhame, 
And  fling  their  fcan^als  on  the  cauie  j 
We  come  to  boaft  our  Saviour's  name, 
And  make  our  triumphs  in  his  crofs. 

£  With  joy  we  tell  the  fcofijjg  age, 
He  who  was  dead  has  left  the  tomb, 
He  lives  above  tr-cir  utmofr.  rage,         • 
And  we  are  waiting  'till  he  come. 

XX.     Tbe  PfvoTJiitt/fir  the  %ahk  of  cur  Lord. 

1  y     ORD,  we  adore  thy  bonnt'eus  hand, 
j[ ,j     And  fing  the  folemn  feaft, 
Where  fweetcaeleft'ai  dainties  ftand, 
For  ev'ry  willing  gueft* 
a  Tke  tree  of  life  adonis  the  board 
With  rich  immortal  fruit) 
And  ne'er  an  angry  ftaminsg i'word 
To  guard  the  paffage  to't. 

5  The  cup  {rands  c/ow  n'd  with  living  juice  | 

The  fountain  Plows  above, 
And  runs  down  flreaming,  for  our  life, 
In  rivulets  ef  love. 

4  The  food's  prerar'd  byheav'ply  art, 

The  pleasure's  welt  refin*d  ; 
They  fpread  netfy  life  thro'  ev'ry  heart, 
And  chear  the  drooping  mind. 
«;  Shout  and  proclaim  tte  Saviour's  love, 
Ye  faints  who  t*ke  his  wine  ; 
Join  with  your  kindred  faints  above. 
In  loud  hof  nnasjoitf. 

6  A  thoofand  glories  to  the  God, 

Who  gives  inch  joy  as  this  ! 
Ifofanna  !  let  it  found  abroad, 
And  reach  where  Jsfusn* 

XXI.    rbetrlutiiplsftfeififor  pbrift's V&ory  evv 

SiKt  Death,  and  Hell. 

1     /^<OML   let  US    lift  CUr  voice;  /,;,r/);> 

\_j     H  gb  e<  bur  joys  ■ 
S.  r-  i  j'in  rkej'citgj  dii'c  tiejkyt 
IVbi re pleaji 're  ttt i/er  dies . 
2.  Jefus,  ti 1  C.\  ,  •<■?;.'.  -;  hi.  d, 

JVhd  ■  beets, 

Dregd  ah  ;;<  pewfrs  cf  bell. 
3  Jefus,  the  Gd.  jrpvkrs  is  here, 
.  ■  ft  iuvrpba  ' 
And  i  rii  °    i  fags  down 

For  ca cb^ri t h  -v.ci gt  tf. 
4.  The  Lord  '.    h'ii'  c-'r'ous  is  lisjffccc- ; 
How  kind  bit  f miles  appear  .\ 


B.  HI.  SF.1RITUAL    SONGS, 

And  ob  !  what  melting  words  he  fays 
To  cv"ry  humble  ear. 

5  "  For  you,  the  children  of  my  love, 

It  iv  as  for  ycu  J  dy'J  , 
Beheld  my  handsy  heboid  my  feet , 
*  :d  look  into  my- fide. 

6  Theje  are  the  wound's  for  which  I  bore 

The  tokens  of  ;ny  pains ,< 
When  I  tame  depart  to  free  your  fouls 
From  mifery  end  chains. 

*  Jujlice  unjbeatfrd  its  fry  fword, 
And plung 'd  it  in  my  heart  j 
Infinite-pangs  for  you  I  bore f 

And  mofi  tormenting  finart,  ?■ 

8  When  hell  and  all  its  fpiteful pcw(rst 

Stood  dreadful  in  my  way. 
To  r  if  cue  thefe  dear  lives  of yours f 
I geve  my  own  away. 

9  But  while  1  Lied, a  r.d  groaned,  and  dy(df 

I  ruiirdjata/rs  throne  ^ 
High  en  my  crefs  I  hung,  andfpyid 
The  monfier  tumbling  down- 
-I©  Now  you  mufi  triumph  at  my  feafi, 
And  tafle  myficfb,  my  bloody 
And  live  eternal  ages  i>/efs'd, 
For  :tis  in: mot tit, I food. 
3t ;   Vittor'ous  God  !   what  can  we  pay 
For  favors  fo  d'vvine?       '■' 
We  wculd  devote  our  hearts  away 
To  be  forever  thine. 
Tl  We  give  thee,  Lordt  our  highcfl  praife, 
i ;  i    The  tribute  of  our  tongues— 
But  themes  fo  infnit*  as  thefe 
Exceed  our  noblcfi Jongs, 

XXII.     The  Cci.rpaflon  of  a  dying  Chrift, 

2   /MTR  fpirits  ioin  f  adore  the  Lamb  ^ 
KJ   Oh.,  that  our  feeble  lips  could  move 
Ip ft- rain simmer tah as  bis  name. 

And  me. ting  as  his  dy-ng  love  ! 
2  Was  ever  equal  pity  found  ? 
:  The  prince  of.  heavfn  refigns  his  breath; 

And  pours  his  life  out  on  the  ground, 

To  ranfm  guilty  ■worms  from  death  { 
-*  Rebels.,  we  broke  our  ?/laker(s  laws  j 

He  from  the  thr  eat  nirgs  fits  us  free., 

Jicre  thefull  veng^jiceon  his  crofs:y  -    . 

jhsl  naild  iki  c:trM  to  -ike  fcif  • 


,  HYMNS     AND  $»  III- 

The  law  proclaims  no  terror  now— 
.  And  Sinai's  thunder  rears  romore  : 

From  all  bis  we:tnds  new  bleffings  f.>*w ') 

Afea  of  joy  without  a  pore. 
r  Here  w:  have  wajb*d  aw  deepc/i  frains. 

jdnd  heal  J  cur  wounds  iv'iih  hcJirrJy  bhod  : 

B'ujs'dfou  main  !  fj>ringingfrom  tbe  vems      ' 

Of  JefaSi  our  wcoKufte  God. 
<a  In  vain  our  mortal  voices  drive 
1  To /peak  cagipajjionfo  divine  : 

Had.  we  a  thou  fan  d  lives  to  ^roc, 

Ji  tboufand  lives  jbould  at!  be  thine. 

XXIII.      Grace  and  Glory  by  tbe  Death  of  Chrfi^ 

1    QITTING  arourdour  Father's  board,, 
O     We  ralfe  cur  tuneful  breath  3 
Our  faith  beholds  cur  dying  Lofdt 

And  acorns  our  fins  to  deatb. 
%  TV-  '  Jej     /bed, 

V/henCe  all  cur  pardons  rife  ; 
Tbe finner  views  tb'  atonement  made t 
And  loves  tbefacrifce. 

3  Thy  cruel  thorn,  thy  fhameful  crofsf 

Procure  as  beavtn7y  crowns  : 
Our  highefi  gaim  fpriKPs  from  thy  lofs  J 

Our  healing,  from  thy  wounds.  ,  \ 

4  Oh  I   (tis  impoffble  that  we, 

Who  dwell  in  feeble  clay. 
Should  eamlf uff1  fmgs  bear  for  Tbee, 
Or  equal  t banks  repay. 


XXIV.     Par  do  n  andftrengtb  from  CbrlJ}t 

ATHZR  we  wait  to  fee!  thy  grace. 
To  fee  thy  glory  fhine  ; 
iheLord  will  his  own  table  biefs,  x 

Andmalie  the  feait  divine. 


JF 


2  We  touch, we,  ufte  the  heav'nhy  bread, 
We  J  rink,  the  (hcrcd  cu?  \ 
V/ith outward  forms  our  fenfe  is  fed, 
Our  fouis  rejoice  in  hope. 
a  We  fliall  appear  before  the  throne 
"^      Of  our  forgiving  Goi, 

D;eiVd  In  the  garments  of  hisSon> 
And  fpiink-led  with  his  blood. 
«;  We  lhall  be  ftrong  to  run  the  race, 
And  ciim'o  the  upper  Iky 
tfhrift  wdl  provij*  01:  foul3withgttC( 


a.  in,  spjtitual  sotfc $\        *& 

t  Let  us  indulge  a  cheWuJ  frame, 
For  joy  becomes  a  fea^; 
"We love  the  mem'ry  of  his  name, 
More  than  the  wine  we  tafte. 

,  XXV."   BTviine  G 'cries  and  Gram* 

J  T  TO W  are  thy  glories  here  difplay'd,-. 
S    J.       Great  God,  how  bright  they  5hia€  j     . 
While  at  thy  word  we  break  the  bread, 
•    And  pouf  the  flow'ng  wine. 
S  Here  thy  revenging  juftice  frauds, 
'     And  pleads  its  dreadful  caufe, 
Here  faving  mercy  foreads  her  hands, 
Like  Jefus  on  the  crofs.  • 
S  Thy  faints  attend,  with  evVy  grace 
-  ,On  this  great  facrifice  ; 
And  love  appears  with  chearful  face* 
And  faith  with  fixed  eyes. 

4  Our  hope  in  waiting  pofture  fits, 

To  heavm  directs  her  fight ; 

Here  evcry  warmer  pafiion  meets, 

And  ftrongeft  pow'rs  unite. 

5  Zeal  and  revenge  perform  their  part, 

And  ri ring  fin  defrroy  ; 
Repentance  comes  with. aching  heart, 
.  Yet  not  forbids  the  joy. 

6  Dear  Saviour,  change  our  faith  to  figh^ 

Let  fin  forever  die  ; 
Then  fhall  our  fouls  be  alJ  delight, 
And  ev'ry  tear  be  dry. 

A  Smg  of  Praife   to   the  Ever-bleffcd  Trinity,  Gcd'  tie 
Father,  Son,  and  Spirit. 

XXVT.       ift.    Long  Metre. 

I  "jSLESSED  be  the  Father,  and  his  Jove* 

±J  To  whofe  caeleft'al  fource  we  ovte 

Rivers  of  endlefs Joy  above, 

And  rills  of  comfort  here  below, 
a  Glory  to  Thee  great  Son'of  Gcd  ; 

From  whofe  dear  wounded  body  rolls 

A  precious  ftream  of  vital  blood, 

Pardon  and  life  for  dying  fouls, 

3  We  give  Thee,  facred  Spirit,  pfiufSfjL 
Who,  in  our  hearts  of  fin  and  woe,  •  ' 
Makes  living  fprings  of  grace  arife, 
And  into  boundlefs  glory  flow. 

4  Trius  God  the  Father,  God  the  Sosfy 
«*ii  God  die 'Spirit  we  xiws% 


rVs  HYMNS     AND  3.  Wk 

That  feapf  life  and  love  unknown, 
Without  a  aottom,  or  a  more. 

X  X VI T.     ift  Common  Mtfi  e. 

I  y^l  LORY  to  God  the  Fiber's  naiti^ 
VJF     Who,  from  our  urifui  ra«se, 
Ufiofe  out  his  I  iv'ritei  to  prod  iin 
The  hcnors  of  hi>  grace. 
1  Glor?  to  God  the  Son  be  paid, 
Who  dwelt  in  !ium.:'.e  c.a   , 
And,  to  redeem  us  ..'.;  ■  the  dead, 
Gave  his  own  life  aw*  y. 
5  Glory  to  God  the  Spiii:g;ie, 
From  whofe    Imightyp  w'r 
Our  fouls  their  facav'nly  birth  derive, 
And  blefs  the  hapoy  hour. 
4.  GJorytp  Go  i  who  reigns  above, 
Th'  eternal  Thrle  and  One, 
Wju  by  the  v.v.nders  of  his  love, 
H*s  made  hio  nature  known. 

XXVilf.     iflt  S&ort  Ilieire. 


L; 


For  ever  on  cur  tongues  : 
iiooevs  from  hii  rn'ft  love  eerive 
Tiie  ground  of  ail  their  fongs, 
a  Ye  faints  employ  your  breath 

in  honor  to  the  Son,  ^ 

Y/ho  hr«*f&ht  your  fouls  from  hell  and  deat&j 
Dy  orFring  up  his  own. 

3  Give  to  the  Spirit  praife, 

Of  an  i g; : n o .  t ,1  i  i rai a ,  > 

Wfc  He  light,  and  pow'r  and  grace  conveys 
Salvitu-n  down  to  men, 

4  While  God  the  Comforter, 

.  Reveate  ourpardoh'diin, 
O  may  the  i  food  and  wuier  bear, 
The  fame  record  within, 

5  To  the  great  One  and  fkree, 

Who  'eai  this  g;acc  in  hc-av'n, 
The  Father,  Son,  and  Spa  it,  be 
Eternal  O'iory  gi'^'n. 

XXIX.     zd  Long  Mare.- — - 

i  ,^1  LORY  to  G-xlthe  Trinity, 

y    Vhofename  lias  myfteries  unkfiWi  \ 
in-  ..  dcc  One,  in  pe.  (on  Three  i 
Alociai  jia.ure,  Jet  *1vJi§, 


5c  in.  spi&itpj!}  $q#G$.         fy 

-   When  all  our  nobJeft  pow'rs  are  join' d, 
The  honors  of  thy  name  to  raife  j 
Thy  glories  over-match  our  mind, 
And  angels  faint  beneath  thy  praife. 

■      '"XXX      »d  Common  Metre.  >>  ■  ■■  ^ 

TH£  God  of  mercy  be  ador'd, 
Who  calls  our  fouls  from  death, 
WJjo  faves  by  his  redeeming  word, 

And  new  creating  breath. 
To  praife  the  father,  and  the  Son, 

And  Spir}t«?-all  divine— 
The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
Let  faints  and  angel*  join. 

— ,— XXXI.    td  Short  Metre.— — , 

\  T    ET  God  the  Mjker's  name 
I  j    Have  honoy,  love  and  fear, 
To  God  the  Saviour,  pay  the  jTsme, 
And  God  the  Comforter. 
k  Father  of  lights  above, 
Thy  mercy  we  adore, 
The  Son  of  $y  eternal  love, 
And  Spirit  Qf  thy  j).owV. 

£-— -— 'XXXII.     3d  Long  Metre.  ~ 

TO  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son,  '      *  " 
And  God  the  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 
pe  honor,  praife  and  glory  giv'n 
By  allon ea rth, and  aJ.l in  heav'n. 

-XXXIII.  Or  tbus~- 

ALL  glory  to  thy  wond'rous  name, 
Father  of  Mercy,  God  of  love  • 
Thus  we  e*alt  the  Lord,  the  Lamb,  * 
Aud  thus  we  pralfe'the  heav'nly  Dove. 
— XXX|V.    3d  €ompton  Metre, 


.Whei 


OW  let  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
And  Spirit  be  ador'd/ 


There  there  fre Works  to  make  him  known 
Pr  faints  to  love  the  Lord.  7 

7— — XXXV.  Or  thus  :-■■  ■— -, 

All  Glory  to  the  Father  be, 
The  Spirit,  and  the  Sbn. 

•*    ~An<*  Sainfs  W4 dwell  beW 
A84>leltth|  Spirit  too.     **»' 

8  s  f 


-Jj  UYMNS     AND  h* 

m XXXVIL  €r  thus  :- - 

GIVE  to  the  Father  praife, 
Give  giorytothe  Son  : 
And  to  the  Spirit  of  his  grace 

Be  eaual honor  done.  <   ■ 

XXXVIII.  Song,fp*ife  to  the  bUJjU  Tr«l* 
i  T  give  immortal   praife 

I    To  God  the  Father's  love> 
For  all  my  comforts  heie, 
And  better  hopes  above, 
jiefent  his  own 
XternalSon, 
To  die  for  fihs. 
Which  man  had  done. 
-To  God theSon belongs 

Immortal  glory  toe ;  ? 

-Who  bought  us  with  hu    bW» 
From  everlafting  woe- 
And  now  he  lives, 
And  now  he  reign*, 
And  fees  the  fvmt 
Of  all  his  pains.   ^  •* 

4  To  God  the  Spirit's  Htlfie 

5  Immortal  worftiip. give, 
Whofenew-creatingpowr 
Makes  the  dead  finner  live; 

His  work  compleats 

The  great  deG en, 

And  fills  the  loul 

-With  joy  divme. 
4  AlmigbtV  God,  toThe* 
4  BeTnWs  honors  cone, 

The  undivided  Three, 
And  the  myfter'ousOne  t 

Where  reafon  tails 

With  all  her  pow'rs,  g 

Therefaitk  prevails, 

And  love   adores. 

TO  Himwhochofe  us  firft, 
Before  the  world  bega% 
To  him  who  bore  the  curl- 
To  fave  »ebel'o«a  man  \ 
To  him  who  form* 
Our  hearts  anew, 
Is  endlefs  prfiile 
And  glory  due. 
*  The  Father's  love  fhail  rtm 
Thro'  our  immortal  longs 
-WjaLing  to  God  the  Son 


*,  JEU.  SPTR.IXUALSVN-6& 

Our  lip's  addrefs 

The  Spirit's  name, 

"With  equal  prajfe,: 

And  zeal  the  fame. 
j,  LetevV/  faint  above, 

And  angel  round  thefchrone, 
For  ever  blefs  and  love 
The  facred  Three  in  One  : 

Thus  Heav'n  fh.aU  raife 

His  honors  high. 

When  earth   and  tiatie 

®-$ow  old  and  die, 

I  npO  God  the  Father's  throne 
Perpet'al  honors  raife  \ 
Olorv  to  God   the  Son, 
^0  God  the  Spirit  praiCe  : 
And  while  our  lips 
Their  tribute  bring, 
Our  faith  adorea 
The  name  wefing. 

rXLI.    Ok  thus  :-■   ■ 

j.  '~f*0  crar  eternal  God  } 

J.     The  Father  znd  the  Son, 
And  Spirit  all  divine. 
Thiwemvfteries  in  one: 
Salvation,  pow'r, 
And  praife  be  gir*n, 
Ev  all  on  earth 
And  allinheav'n* 

VT/1I.  Long  Metre.*  ■    ■ 

*■•    zj      1B«:.   or,    Salvation  afcriBe d- to  Chfifap* 
i   T  TOS^NNAto  king  David  s  Son 
H    W  ho  reigns  on  a  fuper'or  throne  * 
We  b'^s^e  Prince  of  hcav  nly  birth, 
Who  brings  falvation  down,  to  earth. 
*  T  etLev*rv  nation,  ev'ry  age, 
"'"In  this  delightful  work  engage  3 
Old  men  and  babes  in  S.on  fing 
The [growing  glories  other  King,. 

_-, XLI1I.  Common  Metre       -  v~ 

1  TJ  OS  ANNA  to  the  Prince  of  grace, 
'    fl   Sion,  behold  th^-King  } 

Proclaim  the  fonof  David  s  race, 
And  teach  the  babes  to  fing. 

2  Hofanna  to  th'  incarnate  Word 

That  from  the  Father  came  y 
Ascribe  falvation  to  the  Lord^ 
""  WHh  bleffu^s  on  hr-5  aa^?» 


b  r  m  ir  s  jk  ft  h  &•  ib. 

XLIV.  Short  Metre, 
fl  TTOSANNAtotheSon 
JTl     Of  David,  and  of  God,, 
Who  brought  the  news  of  pardon  downj 
AricTfrought.it  with  his  blood*. 
4  To  Chrift  th'  annointed  King 
Be  endlefs  bleflings  giv'nj 
l*t  the  whole  earth  his  glory  fing. 
Who  rhadeour  peace  with  he^v'n. 

,     — xwr .    '"V~ 

D^NNA  to  the  King 
Of  David's  ancient  blood  \ 
Behold.  h«  cornea  to  biing 
Forgiving  |race  f'r'o^i.'God  5 
"Let  ow  #a)d^ouag 
Attend  hh'vay, 
And  at  his  feet 
Their  honors  lay. 
4  Glory  to  God  on  high, 
Salvation  to  the  Lamb  ; 
Let  earth,  and  fea,  and  fky, 
His  wond'rous  love  proclaim^  '- 
Upon  his  head 
Shall  honors  reft 


And  ev'ryage 
Pionounce  himblefs'd. 


A  TABLE  foe-wing  ho-w  to  find  any  Pfalm  by  its 
beginning. 

...    A       Pfljr;?  Bleft  is  ^he  1 7  From  all  who     171 

All  y*  who  love  2t&  C  From  deep  194, 

AlrrughtyRuler   11  Children  in  years  49  G 

Amid  ft  thy  57  Come  children      ;o  Give  thanks     "57 

Among. th*  118  Come,  let  our  139  Give  thanks  *  s« 
Among  the  \x\  Columbia, praifexi6  Give  thanks  ao6 
And  will  the  119  Come,  found  i;8  Give  thanks  t.Ot 
Are  all  the  foes    1>x  Coniider  all  my  18 c  Give  to  the  4.  t 

Are  finners  now  18  D  Give  to  *%2 

Aiife,  my  %x  David  rejoic'd      \\  God  in  his  124 

Awake,  ye         159  Deep  in  our  1  vi  God  is  the  67 

B  E  God  my  10S 

Behold  the  lofty  a6  Early  my  God,  8S  Godot  eterual  i%-j 
Behold  the  love,  f;t  Exalt  the  Lord  144  God  of  my  lot 
Behold  the  zy  F  God  of  my  life     ,9 

Behold  the  fure  17  j  Far  as  thy  name  70  God  of  my  1  at 
Jbehold  thy  180  Father  I  blefs  184  God  will  arife  V6 
Blefs,  O  my  1^8  Father,  1  ling  100  God  is  the  Lord  9  4 
Bleft  are  the       197  Firm  and  i$o  Great  God  20 

Bleft  aie  the  12b  Firm  was  my  41  GreatGod  bow  n6 
jB-ilA  are  175  Fools  in  their       17  GreatGod,         'Oj, 

*Bleil  is  the  man  45  Forever  bleffed  j»<9  Great  God  the     19 
"the  6 l  Forever  fhall      1*4  GreatGod  whofe  89 


A      t    A    B    L    S. 

Page  Letcv'ry  tongue  L  s  \  My  foul  lies        t»  J 

fcrest  Is  the        IOJ.  Let  fin ners  take  Z%  My  foul  repeat    151 

Great  is  the         69  Let  Sion  in  her   t%  My  foul,  thy       152 

Great  fhepherd  «i6  Let  Zion  147  My  fpint  ioo*s     87 

H  Long  as  1  live,      12  Mv  f^irir  finks     6; 

feadnot  the       189   Lore,  haft  -hou  86  My  truft  is  in        9 

Happy  is  he        166  Loid  •  am  thine  **  N    . 

■Ha-pv  the  city  2a  Lord  i  can  iuffer  9  No  fleep  nor       19b 

Happy  tbeman    45  Lord,!  am  vile  70  Not  toourfe.ves  t^5 

Happy  the  man      i  Lord,   I  efteem    I77  Not to  our  169 

pearmeOnod  i;6  Lord,  if  thine   .30  Nov/  be  my  06 

#eav  what  the    -26  Lord,ifthou  daft  18  Now  from  the      \\ 

Kelp,  Lord,  15  Lord,  I  have      178  Now  I'm  10? 

He  reigns  :  1*1   Lord,  in  the  7  Now  let  our  lips  99 

He  who  hath     182  Lord,  1  will  blefs  40  Now  let  our  34 

High  in  the  52  Lord.  I  would       86  Now  may  the       3* 

How  awful  >  1 1  Lord  of  the        121   Now  plead  my      <>t 

Ho'.v  did  my       187   Lord,  thouhaft  11 ;  Now  fhJl  my      95 

How  f.ft  their     20  Lord,  thouhaft  17a  O 

How  Jong,  t6  Lord,  thou  haft  2.04  O  allyeriations  t;t 

How  long  wilt      20   Lord,  thouhaft    *4  O  b'effed  iouls     44 

How  pleafant,    U9  Lord,  thou  wilt      7  O  biefs  theLord  1  o 

Howpieafant      197  Lord,  'tis  a         13  u  Of  juftice  and    141 

How  pleased        1S9  Lord,  we  have     63  O  for  a  fhout       68 

Howfhailthe     176  Lord,  what  a     I8i   O  God,  my         g2 

I       J  Lord,  what  a      107  O  God  of  grace     6 

Jehovahreigns   '35    Lord,  wh  t  is    an  O  God  of  mercy  81 

Jefus  our  Lord   i63   Lord,  what  v*4s    -i  O  happy  man.     I9| 

Jefusfh ail  reign  .04  Lord,  when  I      208  O -happy  nat'On   48 

JfGodfucceed   19  i  Lord,  when  thou  £7  O  how  i  love      T77 

ff  God  to  I  '2   honCBalJeJujab  117  O  Lord  how 

1  lift  my  foul        37  Lo  !  what  a         174.  O  Lord  our 

I'll  biefs  theLord  <o  Lo,  what  an        196  O  Lord  ourGed  **> 

I'll  praife  my      276  M  Our  States,  H 

Jllfpfakthe        65  Maker  and  3  O  that  the  181 

I  love  th:  Lord  2J4  Mercy  and  14:  O  that  thy  git 

Jn  ail  my  vaft     2c§  Mine  eyes  and      36  O  thou  who         86 

-Jn  singer,  Lord,     8  My  God,  accept  181  O  thou  whofe  tU 

In  God's  own    2*2  My  God,  ao8  O  thou  8$. 

Jn  Judah  111   My  God,  how        5  Our  God,  our    ija 

In  to  &y  hand,     43  My  God.  in         8q  Out  of  the        19$ 

Joytot  the  world  14^    My  God,  my      iot  O  what  a  ftiff    114 

-ifet  theLord        *i  My  GoH,  my      211  P 

is  tfcefe  195  My  God,  permit  gt>  Praife  waits  in    9t 

It  is  the  Cord     148  My  God,  the       56  Pr^'feyethe      I89 

Judge  rot,  9  My  God,  what  io6  Praife  ye  i84- 

Judges,  who        8.   My  heart  42  Praife  ye  the.  z  *4» 

Juft  are  thy^         24  My  never  11$  Preferve  rue,        i£ 

I  waited  patient    60  My  refuge  is        1&  R 

1  wiil  extol  thee,  42  My  ri'ghl'ous     ac<j  Rejoice  ye  43 

L  My  Saviour  t  -  RememberLord  128 

Let  blithe  earth  ^40  My  Saviour,       iot  Return  O  God  131 

Let  all  the  1  78  My  fliepherd  is    34.  S 

Let  children        214  My  ihepherd  will  3^  Salvation  i»        1*1 

Letcv'ry  *SQ  My  foul,  hovr    120  Save  raeQ  God  68 


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fMgt  This  is  theday    175  Whe-i  Ifr'el       t*» 
Saverne^Lord   21  This  fpacious       17  Whyilfr>l       u5 

See  what?  174  Thou  art  my       M7  when  i  w'nh    7.0/ 

Shew  pity,  78  Thou  Go*  of    1*4  When  man  ^4. 

Shine  mighty       96  Thro'ev'ry         121   Whenever-  87 

Sing,  alive  94  Thrice  happy    i«,5    When  pa-ui        l8} 

Sing  to  the  11X  Thus  I  refolvM     $<   Wheft  the  gfpat    it 

Sing  to  the  Lord  ij8  Thus  faith  the     n\  Wher-  fta'l I  th«    -8 
Sing  to  the         i  »4  Thus  f  iith  60  Where  flia]  1  we  i3^ 

Sing  to  the  163  Thus  the  ,6:    While  men  ^ 

Songs  of  138  Thus  the  great  j£;.</  While  I  keep         4  t 

Soon  as  I  40  Thy  mercies     »7g  Who  /hall  iq 

S« re  there's  a    jo*,   Thvname,'      171    Who  fhail  1% 

Sweet  is  the         134  Thv  worJtsof      160  Who  will  arifa    175 
T  'Tfs  by  thy  n>  Wfy  did  the  Jews  4 

Teach  me  the      «8  To  God  I  try  d   hi  Why  did  the  4. 

Th'  Almighty   141  To.  God  T  madeaoo  Why  do  the  72 

Thatmanis  16*  To  God  the  i\i  Why  do'me  *$ 
The  earth  3$Tiheavvn         i36    Why  doth  the       13 

There  will  I  *lT>our  »*i   Whv  doth  the      70 

The  God  14*  To  thee,  1  7  S    Why  hax  my        «■ 

The  God  of  76  To  thee  moft  1*©  Why  fhould  T  54 
TheGodofour  pi  To  thine  *6  WiUCcyr"  108' 

The  God  to  136  Twas  for  thv  ic.i  With  all  my  ?X3\ 
The  heav'ns  *8  *Twas  frym  thy  *o  {  With  earneft  ^© 
The  King  of  66  *T\vas  in  the  83  With  my  whole*  t^ 
The  Lord  17a  TJ  With  my  ^*» 

The  Lord,  how  1*0  Vain  man  on  15$,  WithreWenee  Jz«f 
The  Lord  1  6  UnihaWen  as      1  s9  With  foogs         16. 

The  Lord  is  141  Up  from  my  193  Would  vou  159 
The  LoTd  my      36  Up  to  the  hills  ,  a  s  '  Y 

The  Lord  or  #o  Upward  1  lift  186  Ye  holy  fouls  47 
The  Lord  i?<;  \V  Yeiflandsof      14* 

The  Lord,  the      72  We  blefs  the         79  Venations  f-U 

The  Lord  the  74.  We  love  thee,  ■»*;  Ye  fervants  of  167 
The  Lord  the  151  What  {hall  1  170  Ye  fons  of  men  \\\ 
The  Lor.r  74  When  Chrirt        7?  Ye  fons  of  7r 

The  man  is  s  When  God  is       30  Ye  who  delight  1G6. 

Thspraifeof  91  When  God,  roo  Ye  who  qbey  198 
TKe.wonders,       6i  When  Gqd  190  Ye  tribes  of        ?.i7 

Think,  mighty  izS  Whin  God  191   Yet  faith  the      127 


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Adoie  and  13   Attend,  while 

Alas,  and  did       7  »   Awake,  my 
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Ajul  are  we       126   Away  from 
And  mud  this  119  J? 

Ami  now  thje    h.k  Backward  with   14.  Behoid  what         54- 

Ariie,  my  foul  t  »  5    ^egin  my  i©8  ^Jefs'd  are  the     if 

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Blefs'd  morning  174. 
Behold  the  fore  no 
Wefs'dwith  thei  3  7 
Blood  h  as  a  131 
Bright  King  97 
Broad  is  the  150 
Bury*tJ  in  43 

But  few  among   43 

C 
Can  creatures    157 
Chriji  and  hi  6       53 
Come  all  116 

Come  deareft  60 
Come  happy  125 
Come  hither  all  56 
Come,  holy  89 
wme  let  us  icz 
Come,  let  us  16 
Come,  let  us  rag 
Come  let  us  170 
^Jomewewho       87 

D 
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Dear  Lord,  153 
Deareft  of  all  ,4<s 
Dearth  cannot  9& 
'Death  may  ,3 

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DeceivM  by  47 

Deep  in  the  5  5 

Defcendfrom  83 
Do  we  not  5  4 

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Dread  fov' reign  75 

E 
EeV  the  biue         a 
Eter.  fov'reign  146 
Eternal  fpirit     159 

F 
Faith  is  the  5  3 

F.ir  from  my  19 
Father,  1  lon^,  107 
Father  wew?ii:  I73 
Firm  as  the  6  1 

Eiromheav1n  ni 
From  thee,        m 

G 
Gentiles  by  50 

Give  me  the  i  42 
G  lory  to  God  7  5 
Glory  to  God  102 
Glory  to  God  17  s 
Coi  «  a  Spirrj;    6» 


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God  of  the  3 6 

God  of  the  feasi  08 
Gcti,  the  eternal  as 
God,  v,  ho  in  12 
Go  preach  my  5  7 
Go  worfhip  at  g  5 
Great  God  I  own  4 
Great  God.,  thy  155 
Gnat  God.  to  I3o 
Great  King  of  151 
Great  w*s  the     144 

H 
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Happy  the  1  os 

Happy  the  hea:  t  9 1 
Hark  !  from  105 
Hark  !  the  30 

Hear  what  the  10 
Hence  from  1  1  e 
Here  at  thy  74 

High  as  the  iji 
High  on  a  hill  Si 
Hofanna,  &c,  179 
Hofanna  to  our n  8 
Hofanna  to  toe!  1 1 
Hofanna  to  the  9 
Hofanna  with  a  7g 
How  are  thy  174. 
How  beaut'ous  6 
How  can  i  link  132 
How  cond.  159 
How  full  of  123 
How  heavy  is  44. 
How  honorable  5 
How  large  the  so 
How  oft  have  o  1 
How  rich  are  -16  4- 
Kow  fad  our  1 1  8 
How  mail  1  154 
How  fhort  and  33 
How  mould  the  39 
How  ftrong  20 

How  Tweet  andi  6  s 
How  vain  are  96 
Howwond'rouSxj  7 

J  cannot  bear  i3z 
I  give  immor.  i77 
Iharethe  I49 

Hi  ft  my  banner  I5 
i  love  the  1  44 

I'mnotalham'd  4S 
J  fend  the  joys  7  7 
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Lord,  we  adore  1-9 
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My  dear              U2  Rife,  rife,  my  80  'Tis  not              m 

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My  Gc.^,  how      37  Saints,  at  57  To  him  who       177 

My  God,  my       uo  Salvation  !  O  n8    'Tvvas  by  an       1  j.7 

My<7a<f  ..y       izo  S<;e  where  the  38   'Twason  that    1^8 

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My  heart,            142  Shout  to  the  119    Vain  are               44, 

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My  -Qui,  come  104  Sin,  like  a  148   Up  to  the  Lord     95 

My  foul  for  fakes  77  Sing  to  the  7^                  W 

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